The Great Attractor [Archive]

alistair

Nov29-04, 02:49 AM

<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>How many Great Attractors are there in the universe such as the one\nthat is\npulling (pushing?)the Local Group of galaxies towards Centaurus?\nGiven that the universe is considered to be homogeneous on a large\nscale,there should be many Great Attractors, shouldn\'t there?\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">  View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>How many Great Attractors are there in the universe such as the one
that is
pulling (pushing?)the Local Group of galaxies towards Centaurus?
Given that the universe is considered to be homogeneous on a large
scale,there should be many Great Attractors, shouldn't there?

Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply

Nov30-04, 12:46 PM

<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>In article <861c1b21.0411280614.6adc766b@posting.google.com>, \nalistair@goforit64.fsnet.co.uk (alistair) writes:\n\n> How many Great Attractors are there in the universe such as the one\n> that is\n> pulling (pushing?)the Local Group of galaxies towards Centaurus?\n> Given that the universe is considered to be homogeneous on a large\n> scale,there should be many Great Attractors, shouldn\'t there?\n\nThere can be very many as long as they are smaller than the scale above\nwhich the universe is considered to be homogeneous.\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">  View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>In article <861c1b21.0411280614.6adc766b@posting.google.com>,
alistair@goforit64.fsnet.co.uk (alistair) writes:

> How many Great Attractors are there in the universe such as the one
> that is
> pulling (pushing?)the Local Group of galaxies towards Centaurus?
> Given that the universe is considered to be homogeneous on a large
> scale,there should be many Great Attractors, shouldn't there?

There can be very many as long as they are smaller than the scale above
which the universe is considered to be homogeneous.