In article ,
"Jonathan Thornburg [remove -animal to reply]"
writes:
From the overall amplitude of the gravitational-wave signal we know
the total mass of the system (a bit over 60 solar masses).

How is that possible without knowing the distance? I thought the
masses came from detailed fitting to the waveform, but I am no expert
in this business.

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