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   Richard D. Saam to Gregor Scholten   
   Re: entropy and gravitation   
   08 Jun 17 15:07:11   
   
   XPost: sci.astro.research   
   From: rdsaam@att.net   
      
   On 6/7/17 2:08 AM, Gregor Scholten wrote:   
   >   
   > The solution is that it is a matter of temperature. That a lumpy   
   > distribution has higher entropy than a smooth distribution as soon as   
   > gravity is involved is only true for low temperatures. For high   
   > temperatures, the smooth distribution still has the higher entropy.   
   > That's why the universe has to be cold enough before galaxies and stars   
   > can form.   
   >   
   In as much as galaxy and star planetary system size distributions   
   are different, are two different formation temperatures required   
   within the concept of Jeans' length?   
      
   Richard D Saam   
      
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