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Geocentric coordinates are easily observable; just look at the sunrise and sunset. And if you zoom out even more and look at the galaxy, heliocentric coordinate
by xelxebar 2mo ago
Geocentric coordinates are easily observable; just look at the sunrise and sunset. And if you zoom out even more and look at the galaxy, heliocentric coordinates become unreasonable.
- stbede 2mo agoAnd at the speed at which the solar system is orbiting the galaxy, I don't know that it would even look much like like the planets are orbiting the sun.
- mikk14 2mo agoIn fact the planets aren't orbiting the sun. They're orbiting the galactic center, and the sun just happens to disturb their orbits a bit: https://youtu.be/0jHsq36_NTU?si=VbRsJ_SyA7JK4TD8&t=53 https://youtu.be/0jHsq36_NTU?si=VbRsJ_SyA7JK4TD8&t=53
- zakki 2mo agoDoes it mean we are surfing our galaxy? I mean we are not in the same exact location any second-lapsed?