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To avoid wasting the good doctor's time, you can read the answer to all those questions at Wikipedia, under Milky Way.beyond wrote:Doctor Jerry; How long does it take for the Milky Way Galaxy to make one complete revolution and would we call that a Galactic Day, or a Galactic year, if we called it anything at all? Also, how far does the Milky Way Galaxy travel while it is makeing a complete revolution?
Thank you.
Oh, sorry, i keep forgetting that there is no longer any need to ask questions anymore because of Wikipedia. Must be because I'm old and decrepid. I can't be pathedic - bystander has taken all that. So if i can't find an answer in wikipedia, then there is no answer and if there is no answer, then there cannot be a question and if there cannot be a question -- then why is anyone bothering to ask an Astrophysicist (or anyone else) anything? I have never heard what i asked being discussed anywhere, so i thought it was a half-decent question. Thanks for pointing out to me the error of my ways. From now on i do not ask questions. However, i do reserve the right to make meaningless statements now and then for no reason what-so-ever except for the fact that i am old and decrepid and need to punch a few keys now and then.rstevenson wrote:To avoid wasting the good doctor's time, you can read the answer to all those questions at Wikipedia, under Milky Way.
Rob
You are unlikely to be any older or more decripit than I, but when I have an idle curiosity I search the web first. The questions you asked are readily answered on any number of sites, not just Wikipedia. And that Wiki page has a large number of links to further information, in case you don't trust what is there.beyond wrote:Oh, sorry, i keep forgetting that there is no longer any need to ask questions anymore because of Wikipedia. Must be because I'm old and decrepid.
Your answers...beyond wrote:The way things are labeled in Wikipedia, i could not tell, from what i could find, if i found the answers to my questions or not. One day i may discover the answers in regular english.
And maybe what size shoes he wears, too!owlice wrote:I'm tempted to ask Dr. Bonnell what color his eyes are, if only to ensure that he actually gets to answer a question that is posted here for him!
Those aren't the answers to the first two questions he asked, however. And only a partial answer to the third. <g>rstevenson wrote:Your answers...
1. Sun's galactic rotation period: 250 million years
2. Cosmic Year
3. Speed relative to CMB rest frame: 552 km/s
I took his first question as meaning the period of time it takes for the Solar System to go around the galaxy once, which makes both those answers right, as far as they go. There are other periods of rotation, such as the time it takes the spiral arms to go around once, and so on.Chris Peterson wrote:Those aren't the answers to the first two questions he asked, however. And only a partial answer to the third. <g>
Indeed they are more complex, but beyond admits he wanted the answers in a relatively simple form. And I did originally give him the link to explore to any extent desired.Chris Peterson wrote:The actual answers are somewhat more complex. I'll leave it to either you or Dr Bonnell to continue...
owlice wrote:And maybe what size shoes he wears, too!owlice wrote:I'm tempted to ask Dr. Bonnell what color his eyes are, if only to ensure
that he actually gets to answer a question that is posted here for him!
[quote="JTB"]http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/biosketch.html wrote:
<<Lately, my research efforts have involved multiwavelength studies of gamma-ray selected blazars...>>
-- Fascinating Biographical Sketch for Jerry T. Bonnell
Maybe that's what he meant. But that's not what he asked, and that's not how I interpreted the questions. So at the least, the ambiguity of the questions should be properly addressed.rstevenson wrote:I took his first question as meaning the period of time it takes for the Solar System to go around the galaxy once, which makes both those answers right, as far as they go. There are other periods of rotation, such as the time it takes the spiral arms to go around once, and so on.
Which is why I said it was a partial answer. He didn't ask for a speed.As for the speed, I did say it was relative to the CMB.
How long does it take for the Solar System to make one complete revolutionbeyond wrote:
How long does it take for the Milky Way Galaxy to make one complete revolution
and would we call that a Galactic Day, or a Galactic year, if we called it anything at all?
How far does the Solar System travel while it is making a complete revolution?beyond wrote:
Also, how far does the Milky Way Galaxy travel while it is making a complete revolution?
And perhaps also what his wingspan armspam isowlice wrote:And maybe what size shoes he wears, too!owlice wrote:I'm tempted to ask Dr. Bonnell what color his eyes are, if only to ensure that he actually gets to answer a question that is posted here for him!
I belive i hear a neufer echo ringing in my ears. Now where did i put that anti-irritant sprayneufer wrote:How long does it take for the Solar System to make one complete revolution
and would we call that a Solar System Day, or a Solar System year
(, or would we called it anything at all)?
How far does the Solar System travel while it is making a complete revolution?
[/i][/color][/size][/quote]beyond wrote:EUREKA![]()
DR. Jerry, What one or two questions have you never been asked, that you would like to be asked so you could speak on it, or them??
[quote="JTB"]Question: What is your favorite unit of distance? Answer: the light-weekend.
Well, if 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything, then I guess Dr. Bonnell's synopsis is a slightly "fleshed-out" version of the 42 profundity!Dr. Jerry T. Bonnell (JTB) wrote:
Thanks for all the questions … at long last, here are some answers! And thanks, bystander and owlice, for suggesting and arranging this thread. For what it’s worth, I’ve collected the short versions of the answers up front in a synopsis. The long versions are embedded with the questions below. - cheers, Jerry (Sep. 7, 2010 - GSFC).
Synopsis: GRBs,QG,TGFs,AGNs;contractor/Cosmic Dawn, New Worlds, Physics of Universe/related,yes, extrasolar planets, GRB distance, accelerated expansion, funding/no/moon landing/parent’s approval/Tighe/no/42/yes/in backpack, sensitivity, no/real soon/yes/T?/T, funding/bob, jerry/filters/ AFAIK? fair enough/tomorrow’s (probably), yes, yes, email/yes/ funny …/ yes, not pros, we have/not science, no, no/SN 1987A, NGC 1976, easily, thank you/oh?/ brown/copyrighted ones?/easy to read/sure/ 250 million yrs at sun, galactic rotation, 400,000 ly/no problem/my trilobite knows/no problem/us size 9 ½/ yes but forgot question/rotation curve?/ good deal in ir/longer answer too/light-weekend?/event horizon, general relativity, standard model wrong, quantum fluctuation, inflation first stage
I can debate that with one word -- Temporary.JTB wrote: The Nature of Life in The Universe...
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What does the T stand for?
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Tighe (sounds like tie)
http://thepoodleanddogblog.typepad.com/the_poodle_and_dog_blog/2008/06/im-buster-brown-i-live-in-a-shoe.html wrote:
<<In 1878 a young man named George Brown invested his life savings to start his own little company to manufacture shoes. Headquartered in St. Louis, Brown Shoe Company grew to become a major corporation of over $2 billion. The company became the Number 1 retailer of moderately priced shoes for the American family, with brands such as Naturalizer, LifeStride and Connie shoes for women and Buster Brown shoes for children.
Buster Brown was a popular cartoon character in the early part of the 20th century. He was a well dressed little rich kid. With his sister Mary Jane and his dog Tige (short for Tiger) they managed to get into the kind of trouble that delighted children. Tige, a Pit Bull Terrier, is believed to be the first comic strip pet that could talk, but like many later pets, only children could hear him.
After George Brown purchased the advertising license for Buster Brown and Tige, they became the familiar logo inside his children’s shoes. Together they sold millions of shoes. Buster's catchphrase is "I'm Buster Brown, I live in a shoe. That's my dog, Tige, he lives there too!" (or "Look for him in there too.")>>
Too late owlice. I already beat him 9 letters to 5. Beyond's T - Temporary==9Letters. {} DR. Bonnell's T - Tighe==5 Letters.owlice wrote:Dr. Bonnell, thank you very much for granting an interview and answering all of our questions!! And oh shucks on your not teaching at UMD!
beyond, you cannot debate a man whose T stands for Tighe; you just cannot!