Mapping the Universe.

[ExplorerII]

Short video. Brilliant. Volume up.

http://vimeo.com/19568852

Edited by ExplorerII on Monday 25th August 15:06

[MrOrange]

Nice find. We are, indeed, very insignificant.

[ExplorerII]

Hang on a minute, aren't we positioned at the centre of the Univerese? We were until Copernicus and Galileo, at least.

[Moonhawk]

ExplorerII said:

Hang on a minute, aren't we positioned at the centre of the Univerese? We were until Copernicus and Galileo, at least.

Even moreso if you live in Great Britain (according to Al Murray's pub landlord)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CS1cUIxBVg

[THX]

MrOrange said:

Nice find. We are, indeed, very insignificant.

People say that, but I'd tend to disagree until you find a more impressive form of life.

[Gaffer]

Lovely. Love it. Saved.

[Simpo Two]

THX said:

MrOrange said:

Nice find. We are, indeed, very insignificant.

People say that, but I'd tend to disagree until you find a more impressive form of life.

Damn good point. Enough of this hand-wringing ass-self-kicking!

[Justin Cyder]

Simpo Two said:

THX said:

MrOrange said:

Nice find. We are, indeed, very insignificant.

People say that, but I'd tend to disagree until you find a more impressive form of life.

Damn good point. Enough of this hand-wringing ass-self-kicking!

Very good point(s) although videos like that illustrate how perverse it is if it were just us. Personally, I'm hoping first contact is from planet Amazonian chicks dig us & not the dullard world of Austin Allegro perseus VI.

[THX]

Justin Cyder said:

Simpo Two said:

THX said:

MrOrange said:

Nice find. We are, indeed, very insignificant.

People say that, but I'd tend to disagree until you find a more impressive form of life.

Damn good point. Enough of this hand-wringing ass-self-kicking!

Very good point(s) although videos like that illustrate how perverse it is if it were just us. Personally, I'm hoping first contact is from planet Amazonian chicks dig us & not the dullard world of Austin Allegro perseus VI.

Absolutely.

Have you seen pictures of Mars? It looks st.

There's nowt there.

[vescaegg]

http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html

Read this the other day about the possibility of life elsewhere. Possibly the most interesting thing I've ever read.

The great filter theory is brilliant.

[Chilli]

When you watch things like this that TRY and give you a scale of things, it makes you think that those who argue that we are the only ones out there are surely mental. I just wish we'd produce a power source capable of whizz ing someone around at such speed we could have a look.....within the next 30 years would be helpful.
Imagine being able to ring your mate from another planet asking how things are going?! "Where you going skiing this year, The States?".... "Na, I'm off to planet (insert name here) as they've just opened a 450,000 ft new slope.
"Dad...can we go and see the dinosaurs again?" "Sure son, we can pop over next weekend"
"Dave, you coming skydiving next weekend? Planet (as above) are doing a 2 for 1 deal on there 500,000 ft free fall."
The possibilities are endless.

OR...should I put the JD back in the cupboard?

[hornet]

ash73 said:

The linked article about time is good too

http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/08/putting-time-in-pers...

That's fantastic, especially the stegosaurus > tyrannosaurus > us example.

[stew-S160]

Simpo Two said:

THX said:

MrOrange said:

Nice find. We are, indeed, very insignificant.

People say that, but I'd tend to disagree until you find a more impressive form of life.

Damn good point. Enough of this hand-wringing ass-self-kicking!

I think we are significant in the fact that we can almost comprehend the sheer scale of things.

[Justin Cyder]

stew-S160 said:

Simpo Two said:

THX said:

MrOrange said:

Nice find. We are, indeed, very insignificant.

People say that, but I'd tend to disagree until you find a more impressive form of life.

Damn good point. Enough of this hand-wringing ass-self-kicking!

I think we are significant in the fact that we can almost comprehend the sheer scale of things.

Until we know who & what the neighbours are, it's a stretch to justify exactly what we are one way or the other. Microbes on Europa would put a spring in my step, f'rinstance.

[prg123]

Ok - probably a really dim question, but here goes.....

Is it correct that all of the planets are orbiting around the sun on the same plane.... Or are the representations of the orbits incorrect?

If they are on the same plane why?

Thanks

- Pete

[jmorgan]

When the disc of inter stersteller mush that made up the solar system came together it started to spin (as heavier bits met and collided in the centre where the sun would be). The Sun eventually formed in the middle but the whole shebang was spinning a particular way, like a big brake disc with the hub as the sun. The planets formed in that disk spinning the same way. Pluto is a bit odd.

As I understand it anyway.

[Martin4x4]

prg123 said:

Is it correct that all of the planets are orbiting around the sun on the same plane.... Or are the representations of the orbits incorrect?

If they are on the same plane why?

Yes the planets all orbit on the very nearly the same plane within a few degrees. There are some slight variation and this is called the inclination.

The reason for this is difficult to explain, but much easier to visualise so here is a short video somebody prepared earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhy1fucSRQI

[prg123]

Wasn't the moon created when something massive hit the early earth. If this is the case, surely that hit would have knocked the earth off it's current orbit and therefore move it off the plane of the other planets?

- Pete

[jmorgan]

prg123 said:

Wasn't the moon created when something massive hit the early earth. If this is the case, surely that hit would have knocked the earth off it's current orbit and therefore move it off the plane of the other planets?

- Pete

Theory but sort of solid. Itheory also goes as to why we have the tilt as well, might even be the reason life started, or rather one of the conditions needed. The moon is thought to be the result of the collision and the debris forming the moon. Hence Interest in samples brought back etc.

So rather than billiard balls boinging off Jupiter, the momentum already there kept it together after a fashion.

What is interesting is what may have happened to Jupiter and its voyage through the solar system. We are too small I tink.



Edit. Good web site here
http://www.universetoday.com/19718/formation-of-th...

Edited by jmorgan on Sunday 12th October 16:21

Edited by jmorgan on Sunday 12th October 22:00