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Don't forget that's a two-dimensional picture of 3D space, so it's probably not nearly as close to the moon as it appears. While most of the objects in the sola
by hugh3 15y ago
Don't forget that's a two-dimensional picture of 3D space, so it's probably not nearly as close to the moon as it appears. While most of the objects in the solar system are in kinda-sorta the same plane, they're not quite.
- Achshar 15y agohmm well yes.. i almost forgot about the third dimension but that was a hypothetical situation after all.. :)
- maaku 15y ago...except that the solar system is two dimensional, aligned on a plane?
- hugh3 15y agoSee where I said "kinda sorta"? If all the objects in the solar system were in exactly the same plane we'd have a solar eclipse every month. The moon's orbit, for instance, is inclined at five degrees to the ecliptic.
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