# Andromedians Pass Americans in Race to be the Fattest

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**Created:** [June 1, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andromedians-pass-americans-in-race-to-be-the-fattest/306302 "2005-06-01T01:07:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andromedians-pass-americans-in-race-to-be-the-fattest/306302/1 "2005-06-01T01:07:11Z")

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[How do you _underestimate_ the size of a galaxy by a **third**?](http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050530_andromeda_size.html)

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> We know less about our nearest galactic neighbor than thought, astronomers announced today. A map of the outer suburbs of the Andromeda galaxy finds that its rotating disk of stars is three times bigger than previously measured.
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> The Andromeda galaxy is a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way. Although there are smaller dwarf galaxies nearer to us, Andromeda is the closest large galaxy – at about 2 million light-years from Earth. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers).

10,000 lightyears here, 10,000 lightyears there. Pretty soon you’re talking real distance.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andromedians-pass-americans-in-race-to-be-the-fattest/306302/2 "2005-06-01T04:05:30Z")

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So, the Milky Way is Lo-Fat?

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**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andromedians-pass-americans-in-race-to-be-the-fattest/306302/3 "2005-06-01T07:00:28Z")

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[No, the Milky Way has it’s eyes on some snackin’ type dwarf galaxies.](http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/dwarf_galaxy_uma.html)

[Milky Way is out to lunch.](http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~mfs4n/sgr/)

[Getting ready for the Big Buffet in the Sky.](http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/galaxy_collides_020507-1.html)