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Before morning coffee: Over an indefinite period of time, I'd expect that all planets are on average placed in the center of the Sun, and equally far away. No
by BurningFrog 3y ago
Before morning coffee:
Over an indefinite period of time, I'd expect that all planets are on average placed in the center of the Sun, and equally far away.
Now:
Oh, right. It's not the distance to the average, it's the average of the distance.
- madcaptenor 3y agoAnd the error in your approximation goes up as the orbit gets bigger, which recovers the original result.