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NASA accurately calculates Milky Way's weight using Gaia, Hubble telescopes
FoxNews.com/Science ^
| Mar 8, 2019
| Ann W. Schmidt | Fox News
Posted on 03/09/2019 10:18:12 AM PST by ETL
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To: IronJack
Sic Jabber on Moore...
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To: ETL
NASA accurately calculates Milky Way's weight...
Orion asks, "Does this belt make me look fat?
-PJ
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posted on
03/09/2019 4:23:14 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
To: Swordmaker
Because dark matter makes up about 90 percent of the galaxy
Hey, it's NASA. The same people pushing AGW scientism.
I hope a Birkeland Current finds itself in the study participant's office.
Thanks for the ping. BTTT.
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posted on
03/09/2019 4:57:09 PM PST
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
To: jetson
LOL. GREAT catch. Objects in space have a fixed mass but their weight varies with gravitational attraction, i.e. distance to other objects. You get a gold star for catching that right off the bat.
To: Sequoyah101
#2 The Romulans and Klingons disagree.
Q says Earthlings no not what they say.
To: Jolla
about 1.5 is accurate?It can be. To within 2 significant digits. Of course, they don't mention error bars that are probably bigger than their entire estimate.
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posted on
03/11/2019 9:36:45 AM PDT
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zeugma
(Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
To: Izzy Dunne
The WEIGHT of something depends on how close it is to something ELSE (like a planet or star). The MASS of something is a measure of how much material is in it, and doesn't change because of location. If I recall correctly though, mass will increase with speed. Relatively anyways.
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posted on
03/11/2019 9:41:37 AM PDT
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zeugma
(Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
To: Sequoyah101
Who is going to prove them wrong? I can.
The Milky Way weighs nothing.
Sure--it's got mass. But there is no weight.
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posted on
03/11/2019 9:47:37 AM PDT
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ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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