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What Exactly Is a Galaxy?
sciencehabit writes "Surprising as it may sound, astronomers don't have an answer to this basic question. There's no agreement on when a collection of stars stops being a cluster and starts being something more. Now, in an echo of the recent wrangling over Pluto's status as a planet, a pair of astrophysicists from Australia and Germany want to start a debate on the issue — and they have even set up a Web site for people to cast their votes."
While we're on the subject of galaxies, reader mvar pointed out that astronomers using data from Hubble have spotted what could be a new record holder for the most distant known galaxy, located roughly 13.2 billion light years from Earth.
It doesn't seem like the definition of a scientific term is something that should be left to a democratic vote. Public opinion with regards to science is never a good thing to rely on (creation vs evolution, naturalistic healing, etc).
Funny may not give karma, but +5 Informative never made anyone snort coffee out their nose.
Lots of astronomical terms are very vague in their definition. Heck, "planet" was only officially defined a couple years ago.
There is no "official" difference between "ocean" and "sea", either.
Another non-functioning site was "uncertainty.microsoft.com."
The purpose of that site was not known.
Your older Galaxies had more limited trim packages and slightly smaller engines. After 1969 the engines became larger overall and were available in a wider array of trim.
The two-door convertible with a 400 cu. inch engine would be my choice.
Should NOT be confused with an Impala.
I hope that helps.