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minus-squareinfinite_ass@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down9·5 days agoIt’s ORBITS the sun. Not “revolves around the sun”.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·5 days agoIn what context is there a difference? “Orbit” and “revolve around” are synonyms.
minus-squareBilb!@lem.monsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·5 days agoThey both orbit a common center of mass called a barycenter. I assume that’s what the 26% said.
minus-squareHexarei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoFunnily enough, the barycenter of the earth and sun is inside the sun iirc
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days 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?
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days 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
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It’s ORBITS the sun.
Not “revolves around the sun”.
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?
“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