That would be a ‘heavy’ and hard to remove bug as even a tiny bug might weigh as much as or more than an elephant does on earth when weighed on Betelgeuse, as its gravitational force is probably a few thousand times more than the earth..
Joe From: Thad Esser Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 12:26 PM Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT: We should name some of the forthcoming versions of the AR System after some of the biggest known stars :-) ** So it is Friday, right... Think of the irony of having a bug in your Betelgeuse ("beetle"-juice) application. :-) On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Joe Martin D'Souza <[email protected]> wrote: ** VY Canis Majoris is the biggest from the list.. Sounds like a geeky name too! The sun is just a little speck compared to the size of VY Canis Majoris which is estimated to be 1800 to 2100 solar radii (1 solar radius is the radius of the sun – obviously and hence the term solar radius). Here are some facts about the sizes of these stars.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VY_Canis_Majoris This is the list of largest known stars.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_known_stars And some comparisons with some of our planets including the earth with the size of the sun and the size of the 15th largest star. http://www.co-intelligence.org/newsletter/comparisons.html Can you imagine if we lived on a planet as big as the VY Canis Majoris? Technically it would have not been possible even if it did have an atmosphere and water and everything else conducive to existence of life.. Joe _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
