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minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBut how would you use the dipole to specify where you are? Isn’t the dipole the same everywhere? I’d think the dipole could possibly specify a fixed direction, but that’s hardly enough to specify a fixed point referencing only the CMB.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHuh, you’re right. I guess at a position you can use it to define a point. A point where you don’t move in any other direction.
But how would you use the dipole to specify where you are? Isn’t the dipole the same everywhere? I’d think the dipole could possibly specify a fixed direction, but that’s hardly enough to specify a fixed point referencing only the CMB.
Huh, you’re right. I guess at a position you can use it to define a point. A point where you don’t move in any other direction.