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- From: metares@well.sf.ca.us (Tom Van Flandern)
- Subject: Re: "Modeling" the Expanding Universe?
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- References: <93020.102708DOCTORJ@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:17:36 GMT
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- DOCTORJ@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Jon J Thaler) writes:
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- > If two test particles are placed at rest wrt each other, the Hubble
- > expansion will not cause them to begin to move apart. That is, the
- > expansion of the universe does not induce any effects that would be
- > interpreted as forces. Thus, there is no observable effect on bound
- > systems such as the solar system, hydrogen atoms, galaxies, etc.
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- Are you saying that galaxies are not really moving apart? That a tape
- measure connecting galaxies would not continually play out? If so, I think
- your view is in conflict with the big bang theory. If not, then my
- question stands: why does the space between galaxies expand at the Hubble
- rate, but space in the solar system does not? -|Tom|-
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- Tom Van Flandern / Washington, DC / metares@well.sf.ca.us
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