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Originally posted by usmc7257How does one 'align' with the 'centre' of something? It doesn't make sense.
According to many, the Earth aligns with center of galaxy etc...
Originally posted by VoidSpiritHow can it happen biannually? Is the sun nearly on the galactic equator? How would you know if it is imaginary? How does one even calculate the galactic equator down to a specific date?
i think they mean it will pass through the imaginary galactic equator.
i don't see what the big deal is, this happens biannually.
Originally posted by VoidSpiritNot me, but I'm already planning for 2038.
forget 2012, hands up whose planning for the coming zombocalypse?
Originally posted by twhiteheadit's an imaginary plane on the galactic disc which contains most of the mass of the galaxy. it's imaginary since it's an arbitrary position agreed upon by convention.
How can it happen biannually? Is the sun nearly on the galactic equator? How would you know if it is imaginary? How does one even calculate the galactic equator down to a specific date?
Originally posted by Shallow BlueYeah but the same thing is due to happen all over again after the year 9999. What do you plan to do about THAT one, eh?🙂
Not me, but I'm already planning for 2038.
(And yes, I'm one of those who planned for 2000 in 1995 - not by stocking up on canned beans, but by fixing the bugs written by my predecessors so the rest of you wouldn't need your canned beans.)
Richard
Originally posted by sonhouseAccording to scientists/atheists he'll be down a few layers, so lets all meditate on that,eh?
Yeah but the same thing is due to happen all over again after the year 9999. What do you plan to do about THAT one, eh?🙂
Originally posted by VoidSpiritBut our star would go through it twice for every rotation round the galaxy, not biannually.
it's an imaginary plane on the galactic disc which contains most of the mass of the galaxy. it's imaginary since it's an arbitrary position agreed upon by convention.
most of the stars in our galaxy have orbits near this plane and likely go through it just as our star does.
Originally posted by sonhouseNothing. If anyone is still using a program I wrote in 9999, he's got worse problems than just the Y10k one!
Yeah but the same thing is due to happen all over again after the year 9999. What do you plan to do about THAT one, eh?🙂