# Astronomy questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-questions/5566>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 23, 1999, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-questions/5566 "1999-12-23T15:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 1999, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-questions/5566/21 "1999-12-25T05:46:00Z")

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Sorry, **Zen** , that came from a Random House Science Library Series on Astronomy and what I said was about all it said. I thought it applied but it didn’t elaborate enough to know for sure.

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