Well, to get technical....

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R.L. — 3/7/2005 3:07:55 AM (archived)

If you consider the central galactic black hole to be the center of the galaxy, then the 'diameter' of the galaxy is actually infinite....

Its kinda pointless to apply human notions to things on such a cosmic scale...

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Space Trivia Quiz - SteveS - 3/4/2005 2:46:37 PM
- 100,000 ly- not 75,000 - RobVG - 3/5/2005 6:05:51 PM
  - re: 100,000 ly- not 75,000 - SteveS - 3/6/2005 4:59:52 PM
  - depends where you hold the tape-measure (n/t) - alcaray - 3/5/2005 9:11:43 PM
  - re: 100,000 ly- not 75,000 - gbaikie - 3/5/2005 6:12:21 PM
    - Well, to get technical.... - R.L. - 3/7/2005 3:07:55 AM
    - Depends on what defines a Galaxy... - Adam - 3/7/2005 1:54:47 AM
- re: Space Trivia Quiz - Mr Fibuli - 3/5/2005 3:24:16 AM
- re: Space Trivia Quiz - Tony - 3/4/2005 7:20:58 PM
- re: Space Trivia Quiz - Jacob Samorodin - 3/4/2005 5:41:45 PM

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