15 votes

The Moon's orbit is weird

Posted by mat
Tags: moon, orbital dynamics, solar system, orbits, science.planetary, videos, minutephysics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBcxuM-qXec

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Authors
minutephysics
Duration
5:30
Published
Oct 2 2024

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    mat
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    Does the moon orbit the Earth, or does the moon orbit the sun? Turns out the answer is yes. Also no.

    Does the moon orbit the Earth, or does the moon orbit the sun?

    Turns out the answer is yes.

    Also no.

    7 votes
    1. chocobean
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      Relevant XKCD.. Don't miss the alt text :) And anyway our whole solar system is going around the center of the galaxy right?

      Relevant XKCD.. Don't miss the alt text :)

      And anyway our whole solar system is going around the center of the galaxy right?

      5 votes
    2. Deely
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      After watching the video (I love minutes physics channel), now I know that the most popular answer on internet that the Moon will still orbit the Earth if Sun dissapears is ... actually very wrong.

      After watching the video (I love minutes physics channel), now I know that the most popular answer on internet that the Moon will still orbit the Earth if Sun dissapears is ...

      actually very wrong.

      3 votes