RE: Science Porn
July 29, 2016 at 11:04 pm
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2016 at 11:04 pm by Alex K.)
(July 29, 2016 at 9:57 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(July 27, 2016 at 9:59 am)pocaracas Wrote: Maybe the easiest way to tell is by putting a camera on another planet and measuring how it moves relative to the fixed stars...
Think of the Earth's shadow:
If the Sun went around the Earth instead of the Earth around the Sun, then the shadow of the Earth would make a 360 degree path each and every day. This phenomenon could be easily observed.
![[Image: lunareclipse.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=ircamera.as.arizona.edu%2FAstr2016%2Fimages%2Flunareclipse.gif)
OMG you're right! Like for example, if you're on earth it would be dark for almost half the time. There's no way we'd miss that!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
