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- From: njzy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (T. Joseph Lazio, Cornell University)
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.094017.16945@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 09:40:17 EST
- References: <1j71ajINNgf1@emx.cc.utexas.edu> <1993Jan15.210401.3999@linus.mitre.org> <Jan.16.17.06.29.1993.2971@ruhets.rutgers.edu> <C10q0p.Jst@well.sf.ca.us>
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- In article <C10q0p.Jst@well.sf.ca.us>,
- metares@well.sf.ca.us (Tom Van Flandern) writes:
- >
- > If adding to the local matter density can keep space from expanding, then
- > if we increase the matter density by 20 orders of magnitude (as in the
- > solar system, for example), why doesn't space then contract?
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- Umm, not being a GR type, the answer to my question might be obvious...
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- Since essentially all of the matter in the solar system is concentrated
- in the innermost 7E10 cm, i.e. the Sun, hasn't it contracted?
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