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Article #55Re: Where's the center of the universe?
From: John Woods
Date: Fri, 24 May 1985 20:40
Date: Fri, 24 May 1985 20:40
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> In article <1544@amdahl.UUCP> gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett) writes: > >If the Universe is expanding from a common point, where is that > >point? In particular, in what area of our sky is the direction > >of this point? > > Someone better qualified than I will probably give a wonderful technical > explanation, but in the mean time.... > > The big bang background radiation (i.e. 3degK microwave flux) appears to > be evenly distributed around the sky in all directions; that is, there > is no stronger point in any direction. This could be interpreted to > mean that *we* are at the centre of the universe (and I'm surprized that > no Creationist has picked that one up.) > Well, not quite. It is, in fact, a tad warmer in the rough direction of Saggitarius, which is therefore the center. The difference is extremely small, so it took some time to detect it. -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA "MU" said the Sacred Chao...
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site x.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!cybvax0!frog!x!john From: john@x.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: net.astro.expert Subject: Re: Where's the center of the universe? Message-ID: <514@x.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-May-85 16:40:59 EDT Article-I.D.: x.514 Posted: Fri May 24 16:40:59 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 27-May-85 06:07:09 EDT References: <1544@amdahl.UUCP> <5869@duke.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA Lines: 22