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		dr_dshiv on Sept 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Gravitational-Wave “Revolution” Is Underway Why don't orbiting planets or binary stars create gravitational waves?

bykhun on Sept 18, 2019 [–]

They do, it's just of very-very tiny amplitude

Source: Bachelor at GTR

dr_dshiv on Sept 20, 2019 | [–]

And the moon! But at too small of a frequency: https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/public/ask/2519

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