The size of our galaxy

[CGM]

According to this article

Surprise! Milky Way Much More Massive - Yahoo! News

the size of the milky way has been recalculated. it is actually
5,966,760,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000 kilograms

Funny, but I would have thought it was a bit bigger.

[Gandalf]

I always thought it was 5,966,760,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,053 kg. So I was never too far off.














































Who am I trying to kid with that nonsense??

[CGM]

It's kinda strange, all those frigging zeros. To make it ten times bigger all you have to do is add one zero at the end. Doesn't seem right does it?

[Kel]

I always thought it was weightless as it all floated about

[CGM]

I always thought it was weightless as it all floated about

It is weightless, because weight requires gravity, and I am not aware of anything that exerts gravitational pull on the milky way as a unit.

The more gravity an object is subject to, the more weight it has.

Mass however is a different story. Mass is independant of gravity.

At least I think that's the way it goes, it's been a long time since high school physics.

[Munkymagic]

To sit there and calculate that proves some buggers need to find something more worthwhile to do