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To: Leaning Right
I think the only correct (physics) way to look at it is to say that the Sun and the Earth both orbit about their combined center of mass, which is located inside the Sun, because the Sun is so big.

That at the smaller scale, but add to that the Sun is also orbiting the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, which itself is moving...

15 posted on 02/18/2015 6:08:20 AM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: 5thGenTexan

Reminds me of the Monty python Universe Song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq4uCWtQE24


17 posted on 02/18/2015 6:12:54 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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