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To: Tevin

Actuall, Earth and sun orbit each other, but the center of their mutual rotation is somewhere within the sphere of the sun, due to the difference in mass and gravitation between the two.


154 posted on 03/28/2006 1:46:56 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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To: SlowBoat407

Yup. Orbit a common center of mass.


160 posted on 03/28/2006 1:48:50 PM PST by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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