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minus-squareinfinite_ass@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt’s ORBITS the sun. Not “revolves around the sun”.
minus-squareBilb!@lem.monsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey both orbit a common center of mass called a barycenter. I assume that’s what the 26% said.
minus-squareHexarei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoFunnily enough, the barycenter of the earth and sun is inside the sun iirc
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIn what context is there a difference? “Orbit” and “revolve around” are synonyms.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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”.
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?
In what context is there a difference? “Orbit” and “revolve around” are synonyms.
“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