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minus-squareinfinite_ass@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down6·17 hours agoIt’s ORBITS the sun. Not “revolves around the sun”.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 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-up16·11 hours agoIn what context is there a difference? “Orbit” and “revolve around” are synonyms.
minus-squareBilb!@lem.monsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·17 hours agoThey both orbit a common center of mass called a barycenter. I assume that’s what the 26% said.
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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.
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?