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Meddle
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Message 306 of 633 (518539)
08-06-2009 1:38 PM
Reply to: Message 289 by Smooth Operator
08-06-2009 9:28 AM


It doesn't matter if it' 1 meter or 999,999 million meters. The point is, for heliocentrism to be true, the center of the solar system has got to be the center of the Sun. Which relativity claims is not.
I found wikipedia's article on centre of mass interesting as it had some interesting animations modelling the orbits of different celestial bodies, including this one of the sun and earth (note the sun is the larger object):
Now both objects are orbiting the barycentre (red cross), since the mass of both objects interact with each other, but that this centre of gravity still lies within the sun. Of course there are other planets in the solar system which also influence the movement of the sun, and I found this page what effect the other planets have.
You say the earth is motionless, but if the entire universe is orbiting it, then surely this combined mass would cause the earth to develop an orbit even more eccentric than the suns? It would no longer lie at the centre of the universe (as per your definition of heliocentric).

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