Re: [Phys-L] Astronomy misconception test in Physics Today

[Anthony Lapinski <alapinski@pds.org>]

Some more misconceptions here:

newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/pages/miscon/refs.php


On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Bernard Cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org> wrote:

> > On 2016, Sep 18, , at 10:24, Antti Savinainen <
> antti.j.savinainen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > Hi all,
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> Regarding the example given in http://scitation.aip.org/
> content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/69/8/10.1063/PT.3.3277
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> Are there any isolated galaxies or are they all clustered?
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> Are the clusters clustered or are they not?  If so, are the clusters of
> clusters randomly located, etc.??
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> How does this relate to the Poisson distribution that “predicts”
> clustering?
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> bc astronomically ignorant.
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