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minus-square@quediuspayu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoThe way I understand it is the distant future part. Even if you calculate its orbit very well there’s always a level of uncertainty that grows with time, news outlets never show the error bars.
minus-square@quediuspayu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoOnly if you keep making measurements
minus-square@the_tab_key@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-211 months agoUncertainty grows with increased extrapolated time, shrinks as time passes with updated measurements.
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The way I understand it is the distant future part. Even if you calculate its orbit very well there’s always a level of uncertainty that grows with time, news outlets never show the error bars.
Uncertainty shrinks with time.
Only if you keep making measurements
Uncertainty grows with increased extrapolated time, shrinks as time passes with updated measurements.