Re: Solar Year?

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From: Gene Gordon (mrdragon@rochester.rr.com)
Date: Wed Dec 15 1999 - 14:51:43 PST 

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From: "Gene Gordon" <mrdragon@rochester.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Solar Year?
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:51:43 -0500

Now, if I can try to answer this in layman's terms (which is how I
understand it...lol) without messing it up. The universe as a whole is
expanding, but small things (compared to the size of the universe) such as
the galaxy are not. Of course my high school students ask this question on
an even smaller scale... "Isn't there space between atoms? Shouldn't we be
getting bigger too?"

Maybe someone else can explain it better. I laughingly tell my students
what one astronomy text, in bold capital letters, said to do if I student
asked a question like the one above . It said "DON"T GO THERE!"

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From: <CGDonahoe3@aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: pinhole Re: Solar Year?

if the existing theorey is that the galaxy is ever expanding, how can 200
million years hold true in calculating the speed of the solar system's
travel..........etc.??

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