Re: Milky Way Galaxy is warped and vibrating like a drum (Forwarded)


Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

> In message <1136867011.534063.78050@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> jgreen@xxxxxxxxxxx writes
> >Does anyone find it unlikely that the Magellanic Clouds have only
> >completed maximum of 8 orbits of The Milky Way? (1.5 by per orbit)
> >
> >Jim G
> >c'=c+v
> >
>
> Given that the Milky Way is about 12 thousand million years old, and the
> orbital period is 1.5 thousand million years, no.
> Your point?

There was no suggestion that the orbit (Clouds) is wobbly (read
unstable or highly eliptical),
which I thought was reasonable to expect of such a new system. Unless
Milky Way and Mag. more or less formed together?
So my point.......are the ages/timescales anywhere near correct?

Jim G
c'=c+v

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