How do we know? Maybe it's just perspective and it seems larger because its closer...
also...How do we know its the center of the universe? Maybe its just the closest so we assume its the biggest and assume it has the largest gravity well...maybe its all just assumption...
but I guess that's all science is assumption based on others assumption...anyway
your thoughts?
2007-03-01 10:57:34 · 16 answers · asked by ? 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Ok I'm sorry I totally screwed up...
I meant to say galaxy NOT universe please forgive my momment of stupidity
2007-03-01 11:50:56 · update #1
also I meant biggest in the galaxy I know its not the biggest in the universe
2007-03-01 11:53:28 · update #2
ok yeah I'm just going to delete this before I get laughed out of hear...I know what they mean I'm just sick and really screwed up today...
ok so I MEAN SOLAR SYSTEM
2007-03-01 12:47:14 · update #3
we kno the sun is the biggest body in our solar system because we have visited every planet in our solar system with satalites (except pluto, and if you think thats bigger you got problems) and we know its the center of our solar system because we have seen the other planets orbits with satalites. besides, you can conclude that everything in our solar system revolves around it once you know its the biggest, because bigger things have more gravity.
2007-03-01 16:17:17 · answer #1 · answered by gr8lyendowed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You seem to be screwed up in everything you asked.
I think you meant center of the Solar System. In that case the sun is the largest body by a factor of 1000. It is over 1000 times the size of Jupiter and 1.3 million times the size of Earth.
In the Solar System, the sun is everything - the planets, moons, comets, asteroids are just leftovers.
But as a star, the sun is pretty ordinary, though contrary to what a lot of people think it is not a small star. It is above average, but there are giant stars that dwarf the sun.
Read your books - you seem very confused with what is a Solar System, a galaxy and a universe.
The difference between the Solar System and the galaxy is about the difference in size between a germ and you.
PS - and you talk about assumptions in science. That is not true in this case. The sun, planets and nearer stars can be measured with some accuracy, so how would that be assumption?
2007-03-01 20:00:45 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To begin with the sun is not the biggest star it is the closest but there are evidence that beatle juice is about one hundred time gigger thanthe sun. Also the sun is not the center of the universe it is the center of our solar system which consist of the 9 planets( 8 if you don't consider pluto a planet.) Science is not baed on assumptions it is most a theory(an idea backed up with evidence and know about it but there is alot more to explore.) Before during the dark ages people assumed that the earth was the center of the universe and everything revolved around it. Well with the evantion of Gallio Gallie we were able to discover that it was the sun with evidence. Therefore i don't think it is a assumption.
2007-03-01 19:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, relax. Its going to be okay.
I would like to know where you got the idea our sun is the biggest, or the centre of the universe or anything like that.
Our sun is not the largest star in our galaxy, it is just an an average star (and the only its the center of is our solar system.
Our solar system is (as far as we know) an average system.
Our galaxy is larger than some of the dwarf galaxies in our Local Group, but Andromeda (also in our Local Group) is about twice as large as our galaxy.
Our Local Group of galaxies is just one clump of galaxies in a larger supercluster.
So all in all, our planet is an average planet orbiting an average star in an average galaxy in an ordinary average place in the universe.
2007-03-01 21:04:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is not the biggest star. Not even close. It's pretty average.
And the sun is not the centre of the universe. Not even close. We are in a pretty average little corner of a pretty average galaxy. Where did you get these notions? Try reading a few books about space.
2007-03-01 19:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by Zeeck 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We do not think the sun is the center of the universe; in fact we are certain that it is not.
We do not think the sun is the biggest star. In fact we just think it's a medium, common-sized star.
Science is the anti-assumption. Science tests, not assumes.
2007-03-01 19:02:15 · answer #6 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sun is NOT the biggest star. Where did you get this idea from? And definitely it is NOT the center of the Universe. Universe is endless, it doesn't have a center.
2007-03-01 19:01:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sizes of stars can be measured as well as their distance from the earth. People have been studying astronomy for thousands of years and they have developed better more sensitive instruments to observe the heavens like Chandra, an x-ray telescope and the Hubble which both orbit the planet.
2007-03-01 19:08:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun is BYFAR NOT THE BIGGEST STAR
I've read somthing about this one star is so big that x1,000,000,000 suns could fit in it and it is not in the center of the universe.
2007-03-01 19:07:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't the biggest star, in fact it's quite small; and i don't think anyone believes it to be the centre of the universe
2007-03-01 19:01:37 · answer #10 · answered by altered ego 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋