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> The Earth goes around the sun from the Sun's perspective. Let me put this one to rest. 1. The earth and sun mutually orbit their common center of mass. 2.
by lutusp 13y ago
> The Earth goes around the sun from the Sun's perspective.
Let me put this one to rest.
1. The earth and sun mutually orbit their common center of mass.
2. That common center of mass is located within the sun.
3. Therefore, from any local perspective except the earth, it is more accurate to say that the earth orbits the sun than the reverse.
> Concerning the Universe, neither the Sun nor Earth are fixed. Depending on the reference frame, one is going around the other, and vice-versa. So both "true" and "false" are correct answers.
This is false. One is overwhelmingly to be preferred: the earth orbits the sun.