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minus-squareinfinite_asslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down9·1 day agoIt’s ORBITS the sun. Not “revolves around the sun”.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 hours ago“Revolve” is a scientifically accurate word to use. https://physics-network.org/what-is-difference-between-rotate-and-revolve/#What_is_a_revolution_in_physics
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·22 hours agoIn what context is there a difference? “Orbit” and “revolve around” are synonyms.
minus-squareBilb!@lem.monsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 day agoThey both orbit a common center of mass called a barycenter. I assume that’s what the 26% said.
minus-squareHexarei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoFunnily enough, the barycenter of the earth and sun is inside the sun iirc
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoIf you want to make that argument, you have to account for all the other bodies in the solar system… Which I think then becomes a hard problem to predict the movements thereof in the long term?
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It’s ORBITS the sun.
Not “revolves around the sun”.
“Revolve” is a scientifically accurate word to use.
https://physics-network.org/what-is-difference-between-rotate-and-revolve/#What_is_a_revolution_in_physics
In what context is there a difference? “Orbit” and “revolve around” are synonyms.
They both orbit a common center of mass called a barycenter. I assume that’s what the 26% said.
Funnily enough, the barycenter of the earth and sun is inside the sun iirc
If you want to make that argument, you have to account for all the other bodies in the solar system… Which I think then becomes a hard problem to predict the movements thereof in the long term?