To: longshadow
From the article:
The old planet is located near the heart of a globular star cluster some 5,600 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. A light-year is about 6 trillion miles, about the distance light travels in a year.
Journalism triumphs again. A light-year is
about the distance light travels in a year. Yeah. More or less.
23 posted on
07/11/2003 3:17:58 AM PDT by
PatrickHenry
(Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
To: PatrickHenry
Journalism triumphs again. A light-year is about the distance light travels in a year. Yeah. More or less. Yeah, give or take a light-year. LOL. Good pickup.
33 posted on
07/11/2003 6:52:42 AM PDT by
jalisco555
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.)
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