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xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument (imgs.xkcd.com)

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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!"

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[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 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 points 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 points 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 points 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?

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