2006-08-23 03:59:16 · 10 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
And /or to the center of the Milky way?
2006-08-23 04:05:42 · update #1
Correction = I did not mean the earth as being the center as a matter of importance.
2006-08-23 04:15:40 · update #2
It is believed that there is no center of the Universe. Either the Universe is infinite or if it is finite it wraps around. Every point is analogous to any other.
2006-08-23 04:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no "center" to the universe, there are no absolute positions by which to measure it against.
The universe is isotropic everywhere, meaning that no matter where one is located, if you look out on the universe, it basically still looks the same, everything is distributed out evenly.
All distances are relative and there is no universal center.
EDIT:
The milky way is a galaxy (not the universe), but never-the-less, it can be used as a valid point of reference for measuring distances.
The sun is estimated to be between about 26,000 light-years and 35,000 light-years from the center of the milky way galaxy.
A light-year is the distance light travels in a vacuum after a period of 1 year (1 ly is about 9.46 E12 kilometers), this comes out to be somewhere between about 2.46 E17 and 3.31 E17 km.
Compared to the distance of the sun to the center of the galaxy, the variable distance between the Earth and the sun is totally negligible.
2006-08-23 04:01:40 · answer #2 · answered by mrjeffy321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million Spins on it fairly is axis at approximately 26 stages to the photograph voltaic equator. 2) Orbits the sunlight as quickly as a three hundred and sixty 5 days. 3) Orbits the galaxy with the sunlight and the the remainder of the photograph voltaic gadget in approximately 250 Million 3 hundred and sixty 5 days.
2016-11-05 11:06:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in religious dogma, then it is the center of the universe, despite the fact we are somewhere on the edge of the galaxy.
2006-08-23 04:12:16 · answer #4 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could say it's centered, but so would every other object be since there is no end to the universe.
2006-08-23 04:00:33 · answer #5 · answered by Velociraptor 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi. They are coincident. But so is every other point in the universe from its own point of view.
2006-08-23 04:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as the universe is infinite
from any point, eg earth, the edge is an infinite distance in any direction, therefore any point can be considered the centre.
2006-08-23 04:03:26 · answer #7 · answered by fred 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the universe is not endless, but according to string theroey there is an infinite amount of universes.
2006-08-23 04:20:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you really expect an acurate answer to that? nobody knows how big the universe is or where the centre is, or for that fact where we stand in it all...
2006-08-23 04:01:43 · answer #9 · answered by wad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 65500 mi
2006-08-23 04:01:51 · answer #10 · answered by X-c-Cute 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋