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To: Star Traveler; Quix

To make matters worse, the simulations suggest that the galaxy orbits ours in the same plane as our galaxy’s disc. If it is now on the opposite side of the galaxy from us, it could be hiding behind the thick gas and dust in the galactic plane. “It’s very likely to be in a region of very high obscuration,” says Chakrabarti. The work will appear in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

By further studying the distribution of gas, Chakrabarti hopes to pinpoint the galaxy’s location so that astronomers will know where to look for it. This parallels the way astronomers in the 1840s discovered Neptune from irregularities in the motion of Uranus caused by gravitational tugs from the more distant planet.

If the unseen galaxy exists, it will be the first nearby galaxy detected through its gravity rather than its starlight.


2 posted on 08/21/2009 12:48:03 PM PDT by TaraP (*Religion* is Man trying to reach GOD.Christ is GOD reaching out to Man.)
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To: TaraP

Hmmmmmm

Hide and seek on a truly galactic scale!

Right here in this END TIMES era . . . when

SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS is in the script!


10 posted on 08/21/2009 12:54:15 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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