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Note that the very interesting graph near the end of the article actually displays element abundance in the solar system, not in the universe. (Found that out w
by gpvos 11y ago
Note that the very interesting graph near the end of the article actually displays element abundance in the solar system, not in the universe. (Found that out when looking it up in Wikipedia.) The article misrepresents this!
- SquareWheel 11y agoI also searched it up on Wiki. They have a larger version of the image, and a data source. Link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nucleosynthesis_periodic_table.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nucleosynthesis_perio...
- gpvos 11y agoAnd the one that I actually meant: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SolarSystemAbundances.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SolarSystemAbundance...
- hashmymustache 11y agoyada yada yada, cosmological principle
- gpvos 11y agoThe cosmological principle works when considering a large enough scale. A solar system of a particular type of star, even though that star is pretty average and unremarkable, is not really large enough. Although the numbers are indeed not too far off.