If the earth is not the centre of the universe then where is the centre?
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No one really knows, being an astronaut my self, and wroking with NASA,  none of us really know. the universe is full of things and we haen't explored that yet. Maybe in a million years will that answer be answered.
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At the center of the universe is a giant black hole, or the remains of a singularity, or God. It is all a matter of perspective and personal beliefs.\n\nThe Big Bang theory states that all was created from a singularity, a dimensionless point of energy that burst forth in a huge explosion. As the energy dissipated it cooled and became particles which came together to create atoms, then clouds of atoms became stars, galaxies, planets and us. But did all of the energy expend itself from that singularity? Or does some of it still exist there?\n\nAstronomers now believe that every galaxy is formed around black holes. Extropolating, that would suggest that all matter is formed around a massive black hole.\n\nAnd the Creationists believe that everything was created by God and that of course God is the center of everything including the universe.\n\nBut now string theory in its latest form suggests that the universe was created by the collision of two extra-dimensional membranes. And that the comic book / science fiction concept of multiple universes may actually exist. So maybe Robert Heinlein was right all along. I wonder where the Gay Deceiver is parked now?\n\nTake your pick.
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The earths atmosphere\n\n\nMy first thought was not formal. What I thought when I read your question is that nothing is between heaven and earth that "the heavens" come down and touch the earth.
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NO!\n\nIN THE HEAVENS: ABOVE OUR HEADS....\nIN SPACE......\n\nOUTSIDE OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE\n\nAMONGST THE PLANETS\n\n THERE IS ABSOLUTE ORDER\n\nHERE ON EARTH.....\nJUST PICK UP THE LOCAL PAPER....WATCH THE LOCAL NEWS CHANNELS.....
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The centre of mass of a system of particles (or a continuous body) is the unique point at which the entire mass of the system (or body) may be considered to be concentrated.  For many purposes the system behaves as though the mass were concentrated at the centre of mass.\n\nIn a uniform gravitational field, the centre of gravity is located at precisely the same point as the centre of mass.  So, in most everyday scenarios, the centre of gravity is the same as the centre of mass.  If, however, a system is sufficiently large that the non-uniformity of the gravitational field experienced by the system becomes significant, then the centre of gravity will be slightly displaced from the centre of mass.
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It is in the northern hemisphere. In the northern half of the planet.
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check out this site for the answer\nhttp://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/GR/centre.html
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you are stupid. would a computer say that. yes, the earth is round.
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There is no "anti-clockwise" in the universe.  If you look at anything rotating from the other side, it goes the other way.
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There is no populated geographic center of the Earth.  The center of the Earth is many miles underground and obviously not occupied.  \nIf you mean, which country is at the center of the surface of the Earth, there's no answer to that either, because the Earth is a sphere, and there are no edges from which to measure a center.
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I think,to a good approximation, at the centre you would not feel an appreciable gravitational field from the mass of the earth. \n\nIt's a nice result in physics that if you're on the interior of a spherical shell of mass then you feel no gravitational force. You can think of the centre as being surrounded by layer after layer of spherical shells of radius ~0 up to the radius of the earth.\n\nIf you do the calculation, once you start going interior to the earth the gravitational attraction varies linearly with distance from the centre-going from 9.81m/s^2 at the surface to 0 m/s^2 at the centre.\n\nOutrageous!
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gravity draws everything towards the centre
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Often when people are told that galaxies are receding from us, they assume that means we are at the center of the Universe.  However, remember that the Universe is homogeneous and isotropic.  No matter where one is, it looks the same in all directions.  Thus, all galaxies\nsee all other galaxies receding from them.  Hubble's relationship is compatible with a Copernican view of the Universe: Our position is not a special one.\n\nSo where is the center?  *There isn't one*.  Although apparently nonsensical, consider the same question about the *surface* of a sphere (note the *surface*).  Where's the center of a sphere's surface?  Of course, there isn't one.  One cannot point to any point on a sphere's surface and say that, here is the center.  Similarly, because the Universe is homogeneous and isotropic, all we can say is\nthat, in the past, galaxies were closer together.  We cannot say that galaxies started expanding from any particular point.
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Under the current Big Bang model the center of the universe is nowhere.  Ok. You don't like that, then how about the center of the universe is everywhere.\n\nThe Big Bang was not an explosion, the term "big bang" came from early opponents of the theory.  Basically it was the creation of space itself.  Subsequently that space has expanded, it is not expanding from somehwhere, it is expanding from everywhere.
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No, for two reasons.\n\nFirst, the centre of the Earth is under two much pressure and too hot.\n\nSecond, diamonds are made of carbon, which doesn't exist in the centre of the earth. The centre of the earth is solid nickel and iron.
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Your question has two parts. First, there isn't a "center" to the universe. I know that sounds strange, but it is true nonetheless.\n\nAs to what pulls, as you noted, everything pulls. However, some things are more massive and pull harder. There is a good book that shows the history of the discovery of what was called the "Great Attractor" IIRC, the book was Journey to the Great Attractor. \n\nThe Great Attractor is a supercluster of galaxies. Since then, we have discovered more about what is around us and exerting the stronger gravitional pull.\n\nA quick Internet search for galaxies + "great attractor" should give you plenty of reading material.\n\nIf you are interested in space, try\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/\n\nHope this helps\n\nChuck
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Just supose that the universe end in some point, that has a boundary. What would be outside? Nothing? And... what is between Mars and the Earth? Also nothing. The universe is... "the nothing", and never ends. Anyway, and suposing that you forget the relativity theory and you want to know where is the star/planet/thing that is farest from the "centre", you can say that the radius of the universe is less or equal to the speed of light times the age of the univers.