Well, surprisingly enough, Star Trek and Wired sorted this out for us lay people.
Phew...
http://www.wired.com/...-do-we-know-the-earth-orbits-the-sun
Btw, Jupiter and Venus are in total alignment tonight - it was pretty amazing last night but tonight will be special if you have clear skys
http://www.universetoday.com/...nus-and-jupiter-meet-at-last
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