RIPphonebattery
RIPphonebattery t1_j293unq wrote
Reply to comment by amaurea in How fast does the Milky Way spin? How far does Earth move through space in a year? by Sabre-Tooth-Monkey
S4714 at 8+/-3% c seems like its lower bound (5% c) would be higher than the 3.83% c from S14. What am I missing?
RIPphonebattery t1_j2ah81c wrote
Reply to comment by amaurea in How fast does the Milky Way spin? How far does Earth move through space in a year? by Sabre-Tooth-Monkey
This makes perfect sense to me! I didn't realize speed was generally expressed with 1-sigma error bars, I'm most used to seeing 95% CI's.
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