How much starlight and heat could recive a planet located in the must crowded star zone near the center of our galaxy ("obvious at night")
2007-10-23 11:15:11 · 3 answers · asked by Julianxiii 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
sorry abou my english , I invite you to ask in another language,in yahoo,may be in spanish then...
2007-10-24 10:21:53 · update #1
to Linda june
2007-10-24 10:23:23 · update #2
that intragalactic dust would mess things up.... it would probably be always a glow with no night ... the galactic dust would make it really hard to see a clear night sky... you probably would see no stars
our sun is much better. We live between two major arms of the milky way. So we see the milky way as well as deep into space in two directions. Our clear atmosphere and the blue jewel we live on makes for not only the best place for life in the universe, but the best place to observe the wonders of the universe
Carl Sagan thought we lived on a pretty avg planet in a pretty avg place, but he was wrong. We live on an extraordinary planet in a privileged place
2007-10-23 11:26:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Starlight and heat could not receive a planet. A planet is a physical object and starlight and heat are not - a non-physical object couldn't "receive" or get a physical one.
But if you meant "how much starlight and heat could a planet receive in the centre of our galaxy", then that's a different question.
At the center of the galaxy is a lot of dust and gas, and that would absorb most of the starlight in the area.
Since the gas and dust will absorb energy, it will heat up and radiate that heat into space.
So a planet would likely have no night sky and simply a white washed out sky at all times. But depending on its actual location and distance, it would likely be very hot and would receive a large amount of high-intensity radiation (xrays and gamma rays).
2007-10-23 14:35:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll go way out on this limb and wonder 'aloud' if it's even probable that a planet COULD exist in the crowded star zone near the center of the Galaxy.... wouldn't gravitational forces either keep one from forming or rip it apart if it did form?....
gee, Linda, the rest of us know what he was asking... why be so pointed?....
2007-10-24 02:33:48 · answer #3 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋