838: Using Pulsars to Navigate in Space with Dr. Zach Putnam
Universe Today Podcast
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Observing a Second Pulse
The x ray wave lengths are incredibly tiny, right? Um, which is good and bad. Mum, it's good because that means that we can use them to be relatively precise. It's bad because there's a lot of wave lengths between us and the reference. And so the trick then is, well, which wave front am i on? I know where i am on the shape, but i don't know, because it repeats.
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