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To: Libloather

If it is gravitationally bound to the sun, then how come it circles the earth?


3 posted on 05/29/2023 3:18:21 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

If it is gravitationally bound to the sun, then how come it circles the earth?

It doesnt circle the earth - its in a heliocentric orbit and trails just behind the earth held in position by the earth gravity


12 posted on 05/29/2023 3:35:14 PM PDT by njslim
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14 posted on 05/29/2023 3:36:05 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: piasa

“If it is gravitationally bound to the sun, then how come it circles the earth?”

Bingo. Doesn’t make a lick of sense.


21 posted on 05/29/2023 4:11:52 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: piasa

The article is very poorly written. Typical.


23 posted on 05/29/2023 4:37:52 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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