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Originally Posted by sjastro
Gravity and gravity waves are two different animals.
And yes objects effected by gravity waves can be pushed apart or brought closer together.
Steven
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I cannot say for sure myself, but my tutor's words were very exact and match Steven's statement on this exact issue, "A gravity wave with enough intensity would tear your arms and legs off".
Io has a high degree of volcanic activity associated with the 'Tidal Forces' attributed to gravitation (a divergent field). But gravity waves seem to have just as great an impact if sufficiently intense.
Steven, is this the effect of an intense quadrapole, ie, the inflation and deflation of spacetime as the wave passes through a given spatial region...effectively overcoming electromagnetic bonds (tearing molecules apart by spatially and temporally separating the individual particles, maybe even atoms)????