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minus-squareHobbes_Dent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 months agoHow, uh, far back in time did you want to go?
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoThat’s probably the guy that offered people a few dollars and a chair to watch all of earth’s history.
minus-squareTurun@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 months agohttps://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/33514/how-fast-are-we-moving-relative-to-the-cmb#33515 Earth moves with somewhere between 230-500km/s, long term average should be 370 km/s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_and_evolution_of_the_Solar_System https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Earth The solar system and earth formed 4.6 billion years ago. https://numbat.dev/?q=370+km%2Fs+*+4.6+billion+years+->+ly⏎ That means the solar system travelled 3.45-7.67 million light-years (5.67 for the average speed) since then. That plural form (millions of light years) is borderline, but actually not incorrect.
How, uh, far back in time did you want to go?
That’s probably the guy that offered people a few dollars and a chair to watch all of earth’s history.
https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/33514/how-fast-are-we-moving-relative-to-the-cmb#33515
Earth moves with somewhere between 230-500km/s, long term average should be 370 km/s
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_and_evolution_of_the_Solar_System
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Earth
The solar system and earth formed 4.6 billion years ago.
https://numbat.dev/?q=370+km%2Fs+*+4.6+billion+years+->+ly⏎
That means the solar system travelled 3.45-7.67 million light-years (5.67 for the average speed) since then.
That plural form (millions of light years) is borderline, but actually not incorrect.