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Talk:Starlight problem (view source)
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:::::::::What do you mean "2 billion lightyears ago"? Do you even know what a light year is? --[[User:GeorgeLi|GeorgeLi]] 21:02, 30 January 2012 (EST)
:::::::::What do you mean "2 billion lightyears ago"? Do you even know what a light year is? --[[User:GeorgeLi|GeorgeLi]] 21:02, 30 January 2012 (EST)
:::::::::::No. What is it? [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 21:05, 30 January 2012 (EST)
:::::::::::No. What is it? [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 21:05, 30 January 2012 (EST)
::::::::::::It's the distance light travels through a vacuum in a year; about 9.4 million billion miles, or three-tenths of a parsec. It's a unit of distance, not of time, so you can't have "2 billion light years ago." --[[User:GeorgeLi|GeorgeLi]] 21:09, 30 January 2012 (EST)
:::::::::::It's a measurement of distance. How far light travels in a vacuum in a year. Not a measurement of time. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] [[User talk:ScottDG|Talk]] <b>2 billion lightyears ago...wait, what? </b> 21:08, 30 January 2012 (EST)
:::::::::::It's a measurement of distance. How far light travels in a vacuum in a year. Not a measurement of time. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] [[User talk:ScottDG|Talk]] <b>2 billion lightyears ago...wait, what? </b> 21:08, 30 January 2012 (EST)
::::::::::Rachel, Aschalfly says that he saw "numerous references" to people talking about observable stars 39 billion light years away. I have an open mind, and want to be able to have him share his knowledge with me. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] [[User talk:ScottDG|Talk]] <b>Is Gingrich an orphan? Conservapedia says yes. Why does nobody else? </b> 21:02, 30 January 2012 (EST)
::::::::::Rachel, Aschalfly says that he saw "numerous references" to people talking about observable stars 39 billion light years away. I have an open mind, and want to be able to have him share his knowledge with me. [[User:ScottDG|ScottDG]] [[User talk:ScottDG|Talk]] <b>Is Gingrich an orphan? Conservapedia says yes. Why does nobody else? </b> 21:02, 30 January 2012 (EST)