Any object when pulled stretches somewhat. With some materials this is obvious (rubber) with others it is less so (concrete). Whilst some objects are elastic and stretch a lot before breaking others are not and quickly break (if you were to pull at a brick it would stretch ever so minutely before it broke). So if you had a pole that was any length (whether it was between Earth and Mars or your left and right hand) when you pull one end it ripples all the way down it's length at its speed of sound stretching.
Imagine it this way, you have 100 people each standing in 100 one metre wide squares. These people have to remain the same distance between either neighbor preferably exactly 1 metre from the person on either side. If i take the person at one end and move them 1 metre then you will observe a ripple as one by one every one hops one metre to catch up with the person that just moved.
If the person at the other end can't move then the line is stretched with the ripple passing back and forth as everyone tries to both maintain an equal distance between each other as well as trying to obey the rule of being 1 metre away from both neighbours in this now 101 metre line of 100 people. If i was to let the end person jump back to his original place the ripple would travel down again.
The "ripple" speed in an object is the speed of sound within the object. It is impossible to build a magic string where all objects move at the same time to reposition themselves because it would require each atom to react instantly to what happens to every other atom.
Yes.mishrashubham said:I think this question should be added to the FAQ as it keeps coming up.
A million light-year long pole is a hypothetical object that extends for one million light-years in length. It is often used as a unit of measurement in astronomy and cosmology to represent incredibly large distances.
A million light-year long pole is typically measured using the speed of light, which travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second. This means that in one year, light can travel approximately 5.88 trillion miles. Therefore, a million light-year long pole would be equivalent to 5.88 trillion light-years.
No, a million light-year long pole is purely a theoretical concept and cannot be seen with the naked eye or any current technology. It is used as a way to conceptualize and measure extremely large distances in the universe.
The observable universe is estimated to be around 93 billion light-years in diameter, meaning a million light-year long pole would be a very small fraction of the size of the entire universe. However, the actual size of the universe is still unknown and may be even larger than the observable universe.
No, there are currently no known objects in the universe that extend for one million light-years in length. The largest known structures in the universe are galaxy superclusters, which typically range from 100 million to 500 million light-years in diameter.