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Old 04-28-2015, 10:27 AM
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Smile Cosmology question:

Yes, the earth revolves around the Sun but how many people know what the Sun revolves around?

What does the Sun revolve around and how many years does it take to complete one orbit?

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The sun revolves around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. (That partial answer was without a search engine...I have no idea how long it takes to complete its "galactic year". Heheh.)
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The sun revolves around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. (That partial answer was without a search engine...I have no idea how long it takes to complete its "galactic year". Heheh.)
Okay! You win a trophy!

There's still one more prize waiting for the person who can tell me the number of years it takes to complete one orbit.
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One cosmic year
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Thanks to Google: 225 to 250 million years. It's a lng time between cosmic new years!
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And the earth moves thru space at about 810,000 miles per hour. And we feel nothing
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And the earth moves thru space at about 810,000 miles per hour. And we feel nothing
Because we are in "the bubble".
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Because we are in "the bubble".
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One cosmic year
Darn, you are correct! I just did a search that said 225-250 million years but it's sometimes called a cosmic year.

I'll have to award two second place prizes.

Second place prize is a great vintage wine. Enjoy!
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Thanks to Google: 225 to 250 million years. It's a lng time between cosmic new years!
Thank you; this is the answer I was looking for, stated in millions of years.

So you get a great bottle of vintage wine too: Enjoy!
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And the earth moves thru space at about 810,000 miles per hour. And we feel nothing
Quite amazing. Imagine going that fast and we are never in the same place twice. We go along with the sun as it orbits our galaxy. Sounds dangerous to me. How do we not bump into something along the way?
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Quite amazing. Imagine going that fast and we are never in the same place twice. We go along with the sun as it orbits our galaxy. Sounds dangerous to me. How do we not bump into something along the way?
Well just today I bumped into a chair, strange universe. I seem to bump into stuff a lot.
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Well just today I bumped into a chair, strange universe. I seem to bump into stuff a lot.

Let's see, "strange universe"...........it must be in here somewhere.
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