Comment by widforss 1 month ago Does Earth orbit Mercury? 2 comments widforss Reply shhsshs 1 month ago By the astronomical definition of the word "orbit", no. Earth does circle Mercury though (and Mercury circles Earth).In terms of this post - I suppose technically Earth does NOT circle the Moon, because we never see its back! widforss 1 month ago Now I had to imagine Mercury's motion in Earth's reference system, and that was painful.
shhsshs 1 month ago By the astronomical definition of the word "orbit", no. Earth does circle Mercury though (and Mercury circles Earth).In terms of this post - I suppose technically Earth does NOT circle the Moon, because we never see its back! widforss 1 month ago Now I had to imagine Mercury's motion in Earth's reference system, and that was painful.
widforss 1 month ago Now I had to imagine Mercury's motion in Earth's reference system, and that was painful.
By the astronomical definition of the word "orbit", no. Earth does circle Mercury though (and Mercury circles Earth).
In terms of this post - I suppose technically Earth does NOT circle the Moon, because we never see its back!
Now I had to imagine Mercury's motion in Earth's reference system, and that was painful.