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You could always take the frame of reference to be the Earth, in which case the Sun would revolve around the Earth.
by amichail 5y ago
You 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.