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Old 01-28-2007, 12:47 AM
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Default Re: The shape of space

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I may not understand an answer here but I need to ask the question.

We have a hugely red shifted proto-galaxy 'A' in one direction, maybe 12+ billion ly distant and in exactly the opposite direction we have another, 'B', exactly the same. It's not possible that A + B are 24 billion ly distant.

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I think the problem is an assumption that there is an observer-invariant answer to "how far apart are they?". We would say Yes, they are 24 billion light years apart. They havent seen each other "yet" (again from our persepective).
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