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| ==15:3. THE SUPERUNIVERSE OF ORVONTON== | | ==15:3. THE SUPERUNIVERSE OF ORVONTON== |
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− | 15:3.1 Practically all of the starry realms visible to the naked eye on Urantia belong to the seventh section of the [[grand universe]], the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]]. The vast [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way Milky Way] starry [[system]] represents the central [[nucleus]] of Orvonton, being largely beyond the borders of your local universe. This great aggregation of [[suns]], [[dark islands of space]], [[double stars]], [[globular clusters]], [[star clouds]], [[Spiral Nebula|spiral]] and other [[nebulae]], together with myriads of individual [[planets]], forms a watchlike, elongated-circular grouping of about one seventh of the inhabited evolutionary universes. | + | 15:3.1 Practically all of the starry realms visible to the naked eye on Urantia belong to the seventh section of the [[grand universe]], the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]]. The vast [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way Milky Way] starry [[system]] represents the central [[nucleus]] of Orvonton, being largely beyond the borders of your local universe. This great aggregation of [[suns]], dark islands of space, [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star double stars], [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globular_Clusters globular clusters], star clouds, [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_Nebula spiral] and other [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulae nebulae], together with myriads of individual [[planets]], forms a watchlike, elongated-circular grouping of about one seventh of the inhabited evolutionary universes. |
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| 15:3.2 From the [[Celestial coordinate system|astronomical position]] of [[Urantia]], as you look through the cross section of near-by systems to the great [[Milky Way]], you observe that the [[spheres]] of [[Orvonton]] are traveling in a vast elongated [[plane]], the breadth being far greater than the thickness and the length far greater than the breadth. | | 15:3.2 From the [[Celestial coordinate system|astronomical position]] of [[Urantia]], as you look through the cross section of near-by systems to the great [[Milky Way]], you observe that the [[spheres]] of [[Orvonton]] are traveling in a vast elongated [[plane]], the breadth being far greater than the thickness and the length far greater than the breadth. |
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| 15:3.4 Of the ten major divisions of Orvonton, [[Large Scale Structure of the cosmos|eight have been roughly identified]] by Urantian astronomers. The other two are difficult of separate recognition because you are obliged to view these [[phenomena]] from the inside. If you could look upon the superuniverse of Orvonton from a position far-distant in space, you would [[immediately]] recognize the ten major sectors of the seventh galaxy. | | 15:3.4 Of the ten major divisions of Orvonton, [[Large Scale Structure of the cosmos|eight have been roughly identified]] by Urantian astronomers. The other two are difficult of separate recognition because you are obliged to view these [[phenomena]] from the inside. If you could look upon the superuniverse of Orvonton from a position far-distant in space, you would [[immediately]] recognize the ten major sectors of the seventh galaxy. |
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− | 15:3.5 The rotational center of your minor sector is situated far away in the enormous and dense [[star cloud]] of [[Sagittarius]], around which your [[local universe]] and its associated creations all move, and from opposite sides of the vast Sagittarius subgalactic system you may observe two great streams of star clouds emerging in stupendous stellar coils.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_nebula ?] | + | 15:3.5 The rotational center of your minor sector is situated far away in the enormous and dense star cloud of [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius], around which your [[local universe]] and its associated creations all move, and from opposite sides of the vast Sagittarius subgalactic system you may observe two great streams of star clouds emerging in stupendous stellar coils.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_nebula ?] |
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− | 15:3.6 The [[nucleus]] of the physical system to which your sun and its associated planets belong is the center of the onetime [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:1._THE_ANDRONOVER_NEBULA Andronover](?) [[nebula]]. This former [[spiral nebula]] was slightly distorted by the [[gravity]] disruptions associated with the [[events]] which were attendant upon the [[birth]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:5._ORIGIN_OF_MONMATIA.E2.80.94THE_URANTIA_SOLAR_SYSTEM your solar system], and which were occasioned by the near approach of a large neighboring nebula. This near collision changed Andronover into a somewhat globular aggregation but did not wholly destroy the two-way [[procession]] of the suns and their associated [[physical]] [[groups]]. Your solar system now occupies a fairly central position in one of the arms of this distorted spiral, situated about halfway from the center out towards the edge of the star stream. | + | 15:3.6 The [[nucleus]] of the physical system to which your sun and its associated planets belong is the center of the onetime [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:1._THE_ANDRONOVER_NEBULA Andronover](?) [[nebula]]. This former [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprial_nebula spiral nebula] was slightly distorted by the [[gravity]] disruptions associated with the [[events]] which were attendant upon the [[birth]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:5._ORIGIN_OF_MONMATIA.E2.80.94THE_URANTIA_SOLAR_SYSTEM your solar system], and which were occasioned by the near approach of a large neighboring nebula. This near collision changed Andronover into a somewhat globular aggregation but did not wholly destroy the two-way [[procession]] of the suns and their associated [[physical]] [[groups]]. Your solar system now occupies a fairly central position in one of the arms of this distorted spiral, situated about halfway from the center out towards the edge of the star stream. |
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− | 15:3.7 The [[Sagittarius]] sector and all other sectors and divisions of [[Orvonton]] are in rotation around [[Uversa]], and some of the [[confusion]] of Urantian [[Astronomy|star observers]] arises out of the [[illusions]] and [[relative]] distortions produced by the following multiple [[revolutionary]] [[Motion|movements]]: | + | 15:3.7 The [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius] sector and all other sectors and divisions of [[Orvonton]] are in rotation around [[Uversa]], and some of the [[confusion]] of Urantian [[Astronomy|star observers]] arises out of the [[illusions]] and [[relative]] distortions produced by the following multiple [[revolutionary]] [[Motion|movements]]: |
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| *1. The revolution of Urantia around its sun. | | *1. The revolution of Urantia around its sun. |
| *2. The [[circuit]] of your [[solar system]] about the [[nucleus]] of the former [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:1._THE_ANDRONOVER_NEBULA Andronover nebula]. | | *2. The [[circuit]] of your [[solar system]] about the [[nucleus]] of the former [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:1._THE_ANDRONOVER_NEBULA Andronover nebula]. |
| *3. The rotation of the Andronover stellar family and the associated clusters about the composite rotation-[[gravity]] [[center]] of the star cloud of [[Nebadon]]. | | *3. The rotation of the Andronover stellar family and the associated clusters about the composite rotation-[[gravity]] [[center]] of the star cloud of [[Nebadon]]. |
− | *4. The swing of the local star cloud of Nebadon and its associated creations around the [[Sagittarius]] [[center]] of their minor sector. | + | *4. The swing of the local star cloud of Nebadon and its associated creations around the [[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius] [[center]] of their minor sector. |
− | *5. The rotation of the one hundred minor sectors, including Sagittarius, about their major sector. | + | *5. The rotation of the one hundred minor sectors, including [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation) Sagittarius], about their major sector. |
| *6. The whirl of the ten major sectors, the so-called [http://www.astronomy.net/articles/16/ star drifts], about the [[Uversa]] headquarters of [[Orvonton]]. | | *6. The whirl of the ten major sectors, the so-called [http://www.astronomy.net/articles/16/ star drifts], about the [[Uversa]] headquarters of [[Orvonton]]. |
| *7. The [[Motion|movement]] of Orvonton and six associated superuniverses around [[Paradise]] and [[Havona]], the counterclockwise [[processional]] of the superuniverse space level. | | *7. The [[Motion|movement]] of Orvonton and six associated superuniverses around [[Paradise]] and [[Havona]], the counterclockwise [[processional]] of the superuniverse space level. |