So that is about right, around 120 trillion miles? Thanks, Joe (who's stuck in SLC because of the need to replace a laptop battery). --- On Thu, 10/7/10, Kim <kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
From: Kim <kimharch@cut.net> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Something amiss To: "'Utah Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 12:58 PM 5,878,625,373,183.607(mi/year) x 20 = 117,572,507,463,672.14 (more or less). Of course, this doesn't take into account the expansion of the universe, relativistic effects, time dilation, the decay of the proton, the mass of the neutrino, Captain Kirk's mood...
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:01 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Something amiss
It came out in the paper as 120 trillion miles -- still doesn't seem right to me. Anyone care to find out the actual distance? Thanks, Joe
--- On Wed, 10/6/10, Siegfried Jachmann <ziggy943@xmission.com> wrote:
From: Siegfried Jachmann <ziggy943@xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Something amiss To: "'Utah-Astronomy'" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 10:07 PM Could they mean 120 Light Years?
Sig
On 2010-10-07 03:08, sfisher01 wrote:
AW, nuts! We were planning a weekend trip. :) Now
it is too far to go.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@???> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@???> Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2010 8:55:25 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Something amiss
Yeah, they do have it a bit close. Â I emailed
the reporters saying they have it at about the distance of Mars and suggesting they might want to change that to the more accurate 20 light years or 180 trillion kilometers.
Clear skies,
patrick
On 06 Oct 2010, at 19:15, Jay Eads wrote:
Well, since the earth is 1 AU or about 93
million miles from the sun, if
there is another star 120 million miles sounds like the Sun has a companion. Â Oh no! Perhaps Nemesis is true!
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