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Re: Redshift: A Hypothetical Question - 11-25-2007, 09:53 PM

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The short answer is that if the universe had a centre, then it would violate the cosmological principle. The cosmological principle basically says that we do not live in a special place in the universe; i.e. everywhere else is pretty much the same as where we are. If this didn't hold, then we wouldn't really be able to do cosmology, since the topology of the spacetime could be vastly different here than the rest of the universe. So, we say that the cosmological principle holds. There is, of course, vast evidence for this. See here for a fuller discussion.

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Thanks Neutralino for the link. And starting this tread for me.

Do you realize that you gave me a link that says, if I was to state that Galaxies where residing to a centre, that my theory is as possible as any other. For all theories are limited to the scale of our observable Universe.

I especially like the example of Galaxies A, B, and C. If the words 'moving' were changed to 'receding', and the Galaxies were said to travel at an ever increasing speed as they move closer to the center, would not the example work the same.


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