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Planet Earth observed through telescope orbiting Mars
Space Flight Now ^ | Jan 10, 2017 | Stephen Clark

Posted on 01/12/2017 9:39:41 AM PST by Ray76

One of NASA’s satellites orbiting Mars has looked back home to record a Martians-eye view of the Earth and moon from 127 million miles (205 million kilometers) across the solar system.

(Excerpt) Read more at spaceflightnow.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: earth; mars; moon; planetearth
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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

Im more of a down blouser my self


41 posted on 01/12/2017 11:11:42 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: fwdude

We can easily explain the motions of the other heavenly objects if we assume a fixed earth and limit ourselves to their motion relative to us. But when you start trying to explain their motion relative to each other, if you asume a fixed earth it quickly becomes untenable. Copernicus debunked the earth-centric universe in the 16th century.


42 posted on 01/12/2017 11:17:02 AM PST by IronJack
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To: fwdude
Has anyone ever considered that the universe orbits earth after all? I mean, what’s the point of reference? Isn’t that the pertinent fact? Why can’t we consider the Earth fixed and all of creation “orbiting” our planet, more or less?

Actually, every point in the universe is the center of the universe.

43 posted on 01/12/2017 11:30:39 AM PST by Flick Lives (Les Deplorables Triumphant)
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To: Gamecock

Looks pretty dead. Excessive amounts of dihydrogen monoxide; nothing could live there. Let’s send our intrepid explorers elsewhere, Marvin.


44 posted on 01/12/2017 11:38:45 AM PST by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: Ray76

Tangential thought:

Imagine a developing sentient species that originated & lives on the far side of the Moon.
As their spheroid rotates, they’d see the universe swirling by, and over time deduce that they revolve around the Sun. They may observe other planets, and work out the concept of a sun-centric solar system. This goes on for a very long time.
Then one day, an intrepid explorer takes an unusually long journey. As he (it?) travels, an incredibly bright & noisy (in the electromagnetic spectrum) orb rises over the horizon. Imagine the shock of discovering that your planetary body is in permanent orbit around a larger & populated body just light-minutes away ... and you’re the first of your sentient species to discover it.


45 posted on 01/12/2017 11:45:27 AM PST by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: fwdude

“Has anyone ever considered that the universe orbits earth after all? I mean, what’s the point of reference? Isn’t that the pertinent fact?”

No.

” Why can’t we consider the Earth fixed and all of creation “orbiting” our planet, more or less?”

Because orbits are explained in terms of gravity, the main influence on the Earth being the Sun, which it orbits. The entire solar system is in a much larger orbit around the center of the Milky Way galaxy.


46 posted on 01/12/2017 11:58:44 AM PST by PreciousLiberty (Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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To: fwdude

47 posted on 01/12/2017 12:34:06 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: protest1

I think you’re talking about theology or philosophy.

I’m talking about physics.


48 posted on 01/12/2017 2:00:57 PM PST by NorthMountain (CNN is Fake News)
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To: ctdonath2

That’s what led to the war which wiped out the moon civilization. Not even the atmosphere survived.


49 posted on 01/12/2017 3:22:19 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: IronJack

So the tail CAN wag the dog.

But it would have to wag everything else too.


50 posted on 01/12/2017 3:30:55 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
I had a Dachshund that did that every night when I came home.


51 posted on 01/12/2017 3:40:30 PM PST by Viking2002 (My attitude in your rear view mirror may be bigger than it appears......)
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To: NohSpinZone

"Look at all that global warming. /sarc"



And to think that some people here didn't even believe in global warming for so long.   Now we have the clear photographic evidence, beamed down from what might be referred to as "Photographic Martial Arts".   (Or would that be "Martian Arts"?)



52 posted on 01/12/2017 10:28:55 PM PST by Heart-Rest ("Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: NorthMountain

So am I life is the culmination of Physics and creation.


53 posted on 01/13/2017 3:57:35 AM PST by protest1
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To: Boogieman

Ate you saying that planet Earth identifies as the center of the universe?


54 posted on 01/13/2017 7:29:48 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Repeal & replace Obamacare, tax reform, fix infrastructure, fixin military, Israel, kill enemies)
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