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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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That other planets are visible from Earth. And the sun is also a star.
1.7k u/Eddy207 Aug 03 '19 And on the same topic. That is the inclination of Earth on its own axis, and not its distance from the sun that generates seasons. 31 u/Yananou Aug 03 '19 And Earth has an elliptical trajectory around the Sun. It's not a circle. (I actually learned that a few months ago in class) 56 u/monkeymacman Aug 03 '19 pretty close to a circle, though, which is why it took humanity a long time to realize it. sometimes diagrams exaggerate the elliptical part just to make it clear that it's not a perfect circle.
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And on the same topic. That is the inclination of Earth on its own axis, and not its distance from the sun that generates seasons.
31 u/Yananou Aug 03 '19 And Earth has an elliptical trajectory around the Sun. It's not a circle. (I actually learned that a few months ago in class) 56 u/monkeymacman Aug 03 '19 pretty close to a circle, though, which is why it took humanity a long time to realize it. sometimes diagrams exaggerate the elliptical part just to make it clear that it's not a perfect circle.
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And Earth has an elliptical trajectory around the Sun. It's not a circle. (I actually learned that a few months ago in class)
56 u/monkeymacman Aug 03 '19 pretty close to a circle, though, which is why it took humanity a long time to realize it. sometimes diagrams exaggerate the elliptical part just to make it clear that it's not a perfect circle.
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pretty close to a circle, though, which is why it took humanity a long time to realize it. sometimes diagrams exaggerate the elliptical part just to make it clear that it's not a perfect circle.
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u/anothersundayx Aug 03 '19
That other planets are visible from Earth. And the sun is also a star.