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To: stevem
Not when you consider the vastness of the universe.

Shucks, I go there for lunch sometimes, it's so close.

7 posted on 10/12/2013 7:01:07 PM PDT by Wingy
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To: Wingy
Not when you consider the vastness of the universe.

This concept always fascinates.

We're 14 billion light years from the edge of the Universe. Does that mean the Universe in 28 billion light years in diameter?

What lies 14 billion light years plus 1 inch from my location?

We aren't at the center of the Universe. We aren't even at the center of our own galaxy.

Yet, galaxies are flying away from us at increasing speed in every direction. The last star of the farthest are about 14 billion light years away. Doesn't that, by definition, put us at the center?

12 posted on 10/12/2013 7:22:15 PM PDT by stevem
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