November 4th, 2003, 01:21 AM
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Re: A few questions from a Newbie
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Originally posted by Alneyan:
Hmm, what is 10 light years wide then? I read something along these lines in this forum, but it is likely I misundersoot the post. Is that the width of a system? And yes, you are right, as you can see by looking at the distances on the galaxy map.
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That would be one massive system! I think our solar system is about a light hour or so across. It is ~8 light minutes from the Earth to the Sun. A system is a tiny portion of the 10 LY x 10 LY square on the galaxy map. |