2006-08-23 03:58:42 · 11 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I would think it would be easy because everything would be going away from the center, right.
Good question :)
2006-08-23 06:17:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sean 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is not any "center" to the universe, there are no absolute positions by ability of which to diploma it against. The universe is isotropic everywhere, meaning that no be counted the place one is placed, in case you look out on the universe, it fairly nonetheless seems an identical, each little thing is dispensed out flippantly. All distances are relative and there is not any time-honored center. EDIT: The milky way is a galaxy (no longer the universe), yet never-the-much less, that's used as a valid factor of reference for measuring distances. The sunlight is envisioned to be between approximately 26,000 easy-years and 35,000 easy-years from the middle of the milky way galaxy. a easy-3 hundred and sixty 5 days is the area easy travels in a vacuum after a era of a million 3 hundred and sixty 5 days (a million ly is approximately 9.40 six E12 kilometers), this comes out to be someplace between approximately 2.40 six E17 and 3.31 E17 km. in comparison to the area of the sunlight to the middle of the galaxy, the variable distance between the Earth and the sunlight is unquestionably negligible.
2016-11-05 11:06:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one knows. Since the Universe is expanding in all directions it is next to impossible to determine a center. So it is impossible to determine where the Earth is in comparison to the "center".
2006-08-23 04:10:35 · answer #3 · answered by brainstorm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At one point, the answer would have been, "we are the center of the universe." Commonly, today, it is accepted that there is no center of the universe... Though, there is much debate regarding this.
If you want a detailed explaination of how the universe is expanding/etc, the following link has good information.
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/centre.html
2006-08-23 04:02:53 · answer #4 · answered by xithor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure we know where the center of the universe is!
2006-08-23 06:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by Ron B. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theoretically its not a set distance since the universe is constantly expanding. Also, we don't know how big the universe is so theres no way to find the center of it.
2006-08-23 04:02:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth is on the outer edge of the Milky Way and it is on the edge of the Universe. The Milky Way is a very young Galaxy.
2006-08-23 04:05:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the universe is a very unusual shape. It revolves around me. But you can come along, also. No, seriously, did you know that at most points in the universe you can't see anything because no light has got there yet.
2006-08-23 04:22:08 · answer #8 · answered by Dr Know It All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
56 concentric spheres
2006-08-23 16:57:49 · answer #9 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Debatable question with no good definitive answers yet.
Ranges between unknown, unknowable....
2006-08-23 04:41:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋