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Partly because the Earth _does_ go around the Sun. Although they are flawed human institutions, scholls generally try to teach things that are true. They do not
by db48x 5y ago
Partly because the Earth _does_ go around the Sun. Although they are flawed human institutions, scholls generally try to teach things that are true. They do not always succeed, but they generally try.
- amichail 5y agoYou could always take the frame of reference to be the Earth, in which case the Sun would revolve around the Earth.
- version_five 5y agoThe earth is factually orbiting the sun, it's going around it under the influence of its gravity. So we have a model that is useful intuitively and reflects reality. Looking at other frames of reference is sometimes interesting or useful, but if you have to pick one simple and correct one, the heliocentric model is logical. I expect you already knew all of that.
- amichail 5y agoIn what sense is it correct? It just makes calculations easier.
- db48x 5y agoSure, you can do that, but its just the convention you are using at the time. It doesn't change what the Earth and the Sun are actually doing.