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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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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