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> I assume that would be a rather large worm hole, for us to detect the gravitational effects on stars that exist on the other side.

Would the size of the wormhole actually affect the amount of gravity bleeding through? And how do we even define the size of a wormhole?



Perhaps we could measure it by the amount of gravity bleed through.


That....

makes entirely too much sense. Altough, I still would question the validity of it, because in cases where there could be VASTLY different masses on the other end. So, the bleed through would only really give an indication of the gravity well on the other side.

All just from my knowledge which is VERY limited.


Yeah, I thought of that after I replied to your comment and I guess you'd have to use some standard mass located a standard distance.

I'd imagine a unit people would use would be the gravitational force exerted by an object the size/mass of the sun located 1 AU away from the wormhole. Though I imagine there would be some more fundamental unit for measuring this kind of thing.




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