1. Night sky Darkness in the Eddington-Lemaitre Universe
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David T. Pegg
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Physics ,Static model ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Night sky ,Astronomy ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Non-standard cosmology ,Astrophysics ,Universe ,Cosmology ,Stars ,Space and Planetary Science ,De Sitter universe ,Olbers' paradox ,media_common - Abstract
The well-known Olbers paradox argument precludes static model universes in which the stars have always shone. In such universes there would be no difference between day and night. This paper shows than an expanding Eddington–Lematire universe in which stars have been radiating indefinitely can also be rejected on similar grounds. Just as the static model can be saved by assuming that the stars have been shining for only the last 10 10 yr of the life of the Universe (Bonnor), so too can the Eddington–Lemaitre model.
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- 1971
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