Does the Earth circle the sun?
Sounds like a trick question, but it isn't. Think about it. If you know, spit it out.
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Does the Earth circle the sun?
Sounds like a trick question, but it isn't. Think about it. If you know, spit it out.
No. It orbits, and it's not "circular", unlike some forms of "logic".
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Does it orbit in a circle?Quote:
Originally Posted by WØTKX
No, they both circle a common point relative to all the gravitational forces acting upon them.
This is how we find planets in other systems.
And, it's actually a spiral elliptical shape if you don't use an, erm... Heliocentric point of view.
That's a special word, heliocentric.
I was trying to stay in that 8th grade reading zone we all aspire too.
You kinda ruined it there, Dave :lol:
You might really wish to ask the right question, Paul.
Are you asking why it's going to take another 105 years to see the transit of Venus again?
Clue - the transit prompted the thought... then it came to me... but nothing to do with the transit. Read your PMQuote:
Originally Posted by ki4itv
Well, if you wanna get esoteric, I read something a long time ago that it's actually chaotic... something about too many masses affecting the system at the same time. Which makes sense to me. I dig astronomy and astrophysics from an amateur "fanboi" status.
I sense the game is afoot, however. It may be a trick question.
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Seems the only way this "lib" can impress Paul is with a long boring dissertation about obscure
technical skills like typefaces and font management. I should have flown away and avoided it.
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I accept defeat, rolled over and pissed myself.
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