Curtis Shapley debate
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- Created on: 12-03-17 17:37
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- Curtis' argument
- The universe is composed of many other galaxies like our own, the Milky Way
- Had been observed by other astronomers of his day as 'Spiral Nebulae'
- Curtis argued that the Sun was near the centre of our galaxy
- The universe is composed of many other galaxies like our own, the Milky Way
- Over 'The scale of the Universe'
- Shapley's argument
- Argued that the 'spiral nebulae were just nearby gas clouds
- The universe was composed of one big galaxy
- Our Sun was far from the centre of this great universe/galaxy
- Curtis' argument
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