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
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    9 months ago

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

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      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’

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        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?