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Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
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Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
We're nearly four times closer to Alpha centauri than to El Sol. So why hasn't that closer star pulled us out of orbit?
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RE: Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
There must be some kind of misunderstanding. Alpha Centauri is many thousand times further away than the Sun
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RE: Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
(September 13, 2016 at 11:02 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: We're nearly four times closer to Alpha centauri than to El Sol. So why hasn't that closer star pulled us out of orbit?

umm what? Huh

Distance to Alpha centauri is 4.367 light years
Distance to Sun is 0.00001581 light years
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RE: Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
Yeah Alpha Centauri is ~4.37 ly, the sun is only ~93 million miles.
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RE: Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
We don't actually know that proxima centauri is orbiting alpha centauri.

It most likely is, but it hasn't traversed enough of it's orbit since it's discovery for us to say with absolute certainty that it does.
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RE: Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
Can we have a Bart Farts subforum, please.
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RE: Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
(September 13, 2016 at 11:02 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: We're nearly four times closer to Alpha centauri than to El Sol.

Guess that explains the second, much larger sun in the sky that's killing most life on earth with its intense heat. Thought it was an acid flashback.
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RE: Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
(September 13, 2016 at 12:10 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote:
(September 13, 2016 at 11:02 am)Rhondazvous Wrote: We're nearly four times closer to Alpha centauri than to El Sol.

Guess that explains the second, much larger sun in the sky that's killing most life on earth with its intense heat. Thought it was an acid flashback.

But both suns are closer to Centauri than they are to Earth. That explains why those guys always win the sun tan contests.  Angry
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RE: Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
(September 13, 2016 at 11:07 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Yeah Alpha Centauri is ~4.37 ly, the sun is only ~93 million miles.

My understanding is light travels 6 million miles a year. So we are about 15.5 light years from El Sol. It is also my understanding that 15 is more than 4.37. while 4.37 X 6 is less than 93.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.

I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.

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RE: Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
(September 13, 2016 at 12:18 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(September 13, 2016 at 12:10 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Guess that explains the second, much larger sun in the sky that's killing most life on earth with its intense heat. Thought it was an acid flashback.

But both suns are closer to Centauri than they are to Earth. That explains why those guys always win the sun tan contests.  Angry
Wait. You're saying that the Sun is closer to Centauri than it is to Earth?
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