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An Interesting Video

Post by orin stepanek » Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:10 pm

Earth's motion around the Sun, not as simple as I thought
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A little deep but very interesting! 8-)
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Re: An Interesting Video

Post by Ann » Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:53 pm

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:10 pm Earth's motion around the Sun, not as simple as I thought
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
A little deep but very interesting! 8-)
The movements of the planets in our Solar system.
Thanks for the video, Orin! We should bear in mind that the Earth's movement through space is helix-shaped. The Sun moves in a more or less straight line, and the planets orbit the moving Sun.

You can see a video about it here.

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