https://xkcd.com/2898

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“Some people say light is waves, and some say it’s particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that’s both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?” “YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN’T BE!”

  • @muntedcrocodile
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    59 months ago

    Surly the sun is big wnough that the point actually being orbited is still within the sun?

    • @JimVanDeventer
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      59 months ago

      For our solar system: mostly. But if we lived in a binary star system, the distinction would be much more obvious.

      • @muntedcrocodile
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        19 months ago

        Well we aint in a binary star system are we.

        • @JimVanDeventer
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          19 months ago

          How would physics know that? We orbit the same point, regardless of the number of stars. (It’s called the barycentre).

    • @[email protected]
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      39 months ago

      yes, the earth-sun barycenter is still well within the sun.

      not sure why other commenters felt the need to give snark lol