• @SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Could someone explain to a noob why the known universe is a cylinder (that even contains right angles) and why the centrepoint of the cylinder was picked to be where it is? (Is that where earth is?)

    • @joshthewaster@lemmy.world
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      52 months ago

      It’s a map of the area and is not the whole universe. A cylinder is a reasonable way to depict the local area and putting our main reference point in the middle makes sense.