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Old 10-28-2007, 11:25 PM
carlo carlo is offline
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Default Re: Movement of the Sun?

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It is orbiting the center of the galaxy, and the galaxy itself is moving relative to its neighbors.

The earth is of course "along for the ride" - but the galaxy is so wide, and takes so long to orbit, that we don't notice the sun's acceleration unless we look really, really hard for it.

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Is there any work which states the speed of the sun through the galaxy? If so, how is this speed relative to the earth's movement? Thanx.
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