xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument - eviltoast

https://xkcd.com/2898

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“Some people say light is waves, and some say it’s particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that’s both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?” “YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN’T BE!”

  • Teppic@kbin.social
    214·
    9 months ago

    …whoosh.
    In no logical sense does the sun orbit our moon. The earth does however indeed orbit the moon (or technically they both orbit a common centre between the earth and the moon).

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
      9·
      9 months ago

      Are you saying that in no way shape or form, does the moon and its affect on the earth and earth-moon barycenter not influence the solar barycenter?

      Id accept no way worth caring about, but as an absolute?

      • Teppic@kbin.social
        2·
        9 months ago

        You seem to be saying that the earth-moon barycente can be logically referred to as just ‘the moon’ ?

        • Deceptichum@kbin.social
          2·
          9 months ago

          The earth does however indeed orbit the moon (or technically they both orbit a common centre between the earth and the moon).

          Heres you referring to the Earth moon barycenter as just ‘the moon’

          • Teppic@kbin.social
            1·
            9 months ago

            You’ve got me there, but by logical extension you are now saying the celestial body the ISS orbits is …the moon?

    • lugal@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      I’ve talked to the man in the moon and he said the sun rises and sets on the moon like it would if the sun orbits the moon. Same for the earth. Both orbit the moon. Face it.