Question about Saggitarius

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Rising-Star8471 - 30 Mar 2007 07:37 GMT

This is a two part question, depending on the answer to this part will
determine if I post the second part. The second part would need to be
posted under "myths" or something similar, however, the scientific
piece can be answered here.

I heard somewhere that if an object were to be inbound twords the
solar system then it would most likely appear to come from the section
of sky containing Saggitarius, Ophiuchus, and Scorpio. Is this true?

I would think that an object, in reality, could come from any
direction. However, if the above statement is true, then I think the
myth of Ophiuchus being the inventor of medicine may be false, or at
least changed to hide something greater.

So.....IS this true, or am I having my chain yanked....LOL

Jim

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Greg Neill - 30 Mar 2007 12:48 GMT

> This is a two part question, depending on the answer to this part will
> determine if I post the second part. The second part would need to be
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> So.....IS this true, or am I having my chain yanked....LOL

Sagittarius is in the direction of the galactic center.

Given that most of the nearby material around us is
in a similar orbit around the galactic center, I don't
think that there would be a great variation in the
expected direction of incoming objects across the sky,
but perhaps it would be slightly more likely to happen
in the forward orbital direction. That direction would
lie at 90 degrees to Sagittarius.

In particular, the solar system is orbiting in a
direction that's between the constellations of Signus
and Lacerta.

More information may be found at:

http://www.seds.org/messier/more/mw.html

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Saul Levy - 30 Mar 2007 21:50 GMT

It's spelled Cygnus. Greg.

Saul Levy

>In particular, the solar system is orbiting in a
>direction that's between the constellations of Signus
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>http://www.seds.org/messier/more/mw.html

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Question about Saggitarius