Re: Most Distant Galaxy - What's wrong with this statement?
Posted by
Steve Smith on
Oct 25, 2013; 7:05pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Most-Distant-Galaxy-What-s-wrong-with-this-statement-tp7584094p7584114.html
Robert -
Meanwhile, I still want to know what space-time was expanding
relative to!
<semi-serious> Relative to the concept of a constant
(geodesic) distance metric (in Furlongs of course) calibrated the
Speed of light (in F/F of course)? Distance == Time for Light to
Travel / C . </semi-serious>
At what time (in femto-fortnights) after the big bang was our
universe roughly one buttload in volume?
Hint: conversion factor is roughly 7.56*10E-06 cubic
furlongs/buttload.
Challenge: What is the value of Pi in a spherical metric space
(assuming the universe expanded from a point in the shape of a
spheroid)?
Referring back to an earlier thread: Just because I don't do math
doesn't mean I can't do arithmetic!
- Steve
Robert C
On 10/25/13 12:21 PM, Steve Smith
wrote:
1,799,884,800,000 f/f give or take, in a vacuum.
Robert C
Terran fortnight, Martian or registered with Betelgeuse 5? And
in *some STATES!* apparently there is in use an archaic measure
for the furlong which varies by .000002 % which I suppose is
within your precision and the "give or take"... I'm guessing
the furlong is still 10 chains, 220 yards but their chains or
yards vary? The wear on the end of the "chains" could account
for more error than that, not to mention manufacturing
variation!
"The nice thing about standards is that we have so many to
choose from"
- Andy Tanenbaum, creator of Minix.
Andy is also known for:
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full
of tapes hurtling down the highway."
But I think it needs to be updated to Minivan or 9 passenger
SUV.
In the spirit of "will it
blend?" and "how much is a buttload?" I have to ask, what
is the speed of light in "furlongs per fortnight?"
- Steve
So it sounds like during the expansion phase a lightyear
was still a lightyear but growing bigger? If you were
there how would you tell? My platinum standard meter bar
is now a longer but still standard meter bar? Has time
dilated as well? If so what does the age of 13.5by mean?
In what dimensions could you measure these changes?
[Confusion may be an understatement.]
Robert C
On 10/24/13 10:12 PM, Roger
Critchlow wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_expansion_of_space:
"Because of the changing rate of expansion, it is
also possible for a distance to exceed the value
calculated by multiplying the speed of light by the
age of the universe. These details are a frequent
source of confusion among amateurs and even
professional physicists."
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