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To: ETL

It looks all relative to me...


36 posted on 10/16/2015 12:25:37 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: jonno; ETL

Well, now it makes sense:

“With an average density of 0.000005 to 0.000010 kg/m3, [VY Canis Majoris] is a hundred thousand times less dense than the atmosphere of Earth (air) at sea level. It is also undergoing strong mass loss with the outer layers of the star no longer gravitationally bound. “

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VY_Canis_Majoris


39 posted on 10/16/2015 12:32:04 PM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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