top | item 46464061 (no title) widforss | 1 month ago Does Earth orbit Mercury? discuss order hn newest 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.
shhsshs|1 month ago
In terms of this post - I suppose technically Earth does NOT circle the Moon, because we never see its back!
widforss|1 month ago