Re: "Modeling" the Expanding Universe? (was Re: That Great Pulsar Timing Flame War)

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From: Richard A. Schumacher
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:08

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In <C15vrI.6yp@well.sf.ca.us> metares@well.sf.ca.us (Tom Van Flandern) writes:

>     So I then pointed out that the solar system has about 20 orders of
>magnitude higher matter density than the universe.  If much weaker matter
>densities will cause space in the universe to eventually contract, why
>doesn't it cause space in the solar system to contract now?  This does seem
>like an inconsistency to me.

Good golly, is it really necessary to state this? The angular momentum
of the solar system keeps it from collapsing! Without it, the solar
system would collapse in a few years. Same argument for superclusters,
etc. The universe, OTOH, appears to have negligible net angular momentum,
but also has much lower average density.

R.

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