Does the Earth circle the sun?

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Originally Posted by N1LAF

What if I say it isn't an eccentric circle...

Don't feel bad that you don't know the solution to this science riddle, but once you know what it is, it will be very obvious.

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Ok, shoot. I'd love to hear how it's not an eccentric circle...

Most of us have answered this question correctly in various ways.
It's the question itself that makes the desired answer elusive.

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Originally Posted by ki4itv

Most of us have answered this question correctly in various ways.
It's the question itself that makes the desired answer elusive.

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Yes! But it is an interesting (the answer).

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Originally Posted by KC2UGV

Ok, shoot. I'd love to hear how it's not an eccentric circle...

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Its in your PM...

Google Sez!!! (In honor of Richard Dawson)
The shape of Earth's orbit can be nearly circular to slightly elongate and back again. The time it takes to go through a complete cycle from circular to elongate and back to circular is about 100,000 years.

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Originally Posted by KK4AMI

Google Sez!!! (In honor of Richard Dawson)
The shape of Earth's orbit can be nearly circular to slightly elongate and back again. The time it takes to go through a complete cycle from circular to elongate and back to circular is about 100,000 years.

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Can't be a circle or ellipse.... won't work.

Oh Crap, I think I just stepped in to the prelude to another Global Warming thread :wall:

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Originally Posted by KK4AMI

Oh Crap, I think I just stepped in to the prelude to another Global Warming thread :wall:

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Nothing to do with global warming. Think of it as a scientific riddle.

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Originally Posted by N1LAF

Nothing to do with global warming. Think of it as a scientific riddle.

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Are you referring to the fact the sun and earth actually rotate around each other at a Earth/Sun center of mass?

He's actually thinking bigger.