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!”

  • V0lD@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    No actually. Due to Jupiter, the centre of mass of the solar system is actually very slightly outside of the sun

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        9 months ago

        Stupid lazy ass diabetus planet doesn’t even have enough mass to fuse its hydrogen.

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        9 months ago

        Yes, but it’s mostly shifting because of Jupiter. It’s just so dang heavy. Like, a couple times heavier than every other planet put together. I don’t have the brain wattage to do the cool math right now, but a quick google search says that while the barycenter of the solar system does depend on all the planets, more often than not, it is outside the sun

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      9 months ago

      So doesn’t that mean the earth and sun do not orbit a common center but a varying point based on mostly Jupiter?

      Centrists have bamboozled me again!

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      9 months ago

      But I think the math of the argument is only about the common center between Earth and the sun, taking away all other planets out of the equation, especially Jupiter.