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Comment by daynthelife

1 hour ago

GR says that any falling (or orbiting) reference frame is equally valid, locally obeying Newton's laws. So in a precise sense, geocentric and heliocentric reference frames are equally valid. Both can claim to be "actual truth". Of course, a heliocentric reference frame is a lot more useful for studying planetary orbits since it gives rise to simpler equations of state. But that doesn't make the geocentric frame "wrong".

Put differently, would you say a heliocentric reference frame is also "wrong" since the sun is actually orbiting around Sagittarius A*?

Taking your argument to its logical conclusion, one would conclude that the [comoving reference frane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoving_and_proper_distances) is the only "true" one. And at last there is real validity to this claim, since the CMB does pick out a preferred velocity at each point in spacetime. But it is pretty impractical to use comoving coordinates to study problems outside of cosmology.

Ultimately, it stops being a matter of "right" or "wrong" but rather one of picking the right tool for the job you're working on.