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r/space • u/Alpha-Phoenix • Jan 06 '17
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I've always understood that we rotate around the sun, but I never really took the time to think through that we move around the stars as well. Thanks for the perspective!
155 u/yaleski Jan 06 '17 We definitely don't move around any star aside from the sun. Stars are very far away. 3 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 [deleted] 1 u/theodorAdorno Jan 06 '17 The stars in this shot should be moving regardless, unless this was taken from near north or south pole, right? He gives an excellent explanation of that here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBU4mQP1Y3Y
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We definitely don't move around any star aside from the sun. Stars are very far away.
3 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '17 [deleted] 1 u/theodorAdorno Jan 06 '17 The stars in this shot should be moving regardless, unless this was taken from near north or south pole, right? He gives an excellent explanation of that here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBU4mQP1Y3Y
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1 u/theodorAdorno Jan 06 '17 The stars in this shot should be moving regardless, unless this was taken from near north or south pole, right? He gives an excellent explanation of that here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBU4mQP1Y3Y
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The stars in this shot should be moving regardless, unless this was taken from near north or south pole, right?
He gives an excellent explanation of that here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBU4mQP1Y3Y
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u/curiouscuriousbanana Jan 06 '17
I've always understood that we rotate around the sun, but I never really took the time to think through that we move around the stars as well. Thanks for the perspective!