To: SunkenCiv
Not being an astronomer, I don’t know if 50,000 light-years is big or small. Turns out that’s half the diameter of the Milky Way. I just love the name of our galaxy!
6 posted on
10/04/2015 2:56:00 PM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
‘Galaxy’ comes from the Greek ‘galaxias’ meaning ‘milky’. The Romans called it ‘via lactea’ meaning the ‘Way (road) of Milk’, hence now we have ‘Milky Way’ in English!
I like the name too.
8 posted on
10/04/2015 3:10:28 PM PDT by
Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
who named our galaxy after a chocolate bar?
11 posted on
10/04/2015 3:39:40 PM PDT by
kvanbrunt2
(civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
“Not being an astronomer, I don’t know if 50,000 light-years is big or small.”
It’s big. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second, so a light year is the distance light can travel in one year, or approximately 5.8 trillion miles...5,800,000,000,000...
12 posted on
10/04/2015 3:42:56 PM PDT by
IMTOFT
(At least I'm enjoying the ride...)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
The vote was 59% “Milky Way”, but at the time, Snickers was pretty new.
20 posted on
10/04/2015 10:46:29 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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