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"Paul Lawler" wrote in message ink.net... "Lloyd Jones" wrote in message ... Good to know. But surely there isn't 300 Billion stars in our galaxy. If so, half of them half at least 1 planet orbiting them, that means there's potentially 150 Billion planets in our Galaxy. While the half number for planets isn't necessarily supported, if you include red dwarf stars, the estimates run as high as 1,000 billion (i.e., one trillion) stars in our galaxy, and a similar number in our nearest neighbor, the Andromdeda galaxy. I find that hard to believe. I just had a look outside & there's no way there's more than 3 or 4 thousand stars at the most...... |
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"Whisper" wrote in message
... "Paul Lawler" wrote in message ink.net... "Lloyd Jones" wrote in message ... Good to know. But surely there isn't 300 Billion stars in our galaxy. If so, half of them half at least 1 planet orbiting them, that means there's potentially 150 Billion planets in our Galaxy. While the half number for planets isn't necessarily supported, if you include red dwarf stars, the estimates run as high as 1,000 billion (i.e., one trillion) stars in our galaxy, and a similar number in our nearest neighbor, the Andromdeda galaxy. I find that hard to believe. I just had a look outside & there's no way there's more than 3 or 4 thousand stars at the most...... Get a telescope... you'll see more. |
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"Whisper" wrote in message
... "Paul Lawler" wrote in message ink.net... "Lloyd Jones" wrote in message ... Good to know. But surely there isn't 300 Billion stars in our galaxy. If so, half of them half at least 1 planet orbiting them, that means there's potentially 150 Billion planets in our Galaxy. While the half number for planets isn't necessarily supported, if you include red dwarf stars, the estimates run as high as 1,000 billion (i.e., one trillion) stars in our galaxy, and a similar number in our nearest neighbor, the Andromdeda galaxy. I find that hard to believe. I just had a look outside & there's no way there's more than 3 or 4 thousand stars at the most...... Get a telescope... you'll see more. |
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Finally Paul, didn't think I'll see the day when you stick up for me, Even
if you knew I was right. :-) LJ |
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Finally Paul, didn't think I'll see the day when you stick up for me, Even
if you knew I was right. :-) LJ |
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In message , Whisper
writes "Lloyd Jones" wrote in message ... I heard if every star in our Galaxy was a grain of salt, it would fill an Olympic size swimming pool. and that there's 100 Billion stars in our Galaxy and there's a good chance that about 50 % of them have planets orbiting them. Anyone know if this is true, or a load of crap? LJ It's crap. On which you are an authority, judging by your comment about 3 or 4000 stars. It's a good comparison. |
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In message , Whisper
writes "Lloyd Jones" wrote in message ... I heard if every star in our Galaxy was a grain of salt, it would fill an Olympic size swimming pool. and that there's 100 Billion stars in our Galaxy and there's a good chance that about 50 % of them have planets orbiting them. Anyone know if this is true, or a load of crap? LJ It's crap. On which you are an authority, judging by your comment about 3 or 4000 stars. It's a good comparison. |
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How old was the guy that counted them?
Joe |
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How old was the guy that counted them?
Joe |
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