bloodhound Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 come on , your clever enough to realise its a typo. why ask? unless it for comedy value
ydoaPs Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 the original question was would Earth be Earth without our lovely large moon
jordan Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 I don't understand where philosophy comes in either, but then again I still don't even understand what the moon has to do with the Earth being labled "Earth".
JaKiri Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 So really' date=' the moon and the Earth are kind of chasing each other, going in a circle, one always behind the other? NO. Do you have PROOF?[/quote'] Yes, there is proof. Part of the problem here is I don't think you've realised that the moons orbit isn't circular. Like almost every orbit, it's an elipse, with the thing its orbiting around at one of the foci (in this case, the earth). You want to know another really easy way to check? I'm going to draw a diagram, check back in a bit!
JaKiri Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 Big ass diagram! Anyway, that clearly shows that the CoM of the Earth/Moon system isn't the Earth's for any point in the orbit, hence it's not the same for every point in the orbit.
bloodhound Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 it will also depend on what frame of reference ur talking about. if ur on moon. u probably would say that the earth doesnt revolve. only rotates round its axis.
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 Yes' date=' there is proof. Part of the problem here is I don't think you've realised that the moons orbit [b']isn't circular[/b]. Like almost every orbit, it's an elipse, with the thing its orbiting around at one of the foci (in this case, the earth). You want to know another really easy way to check? I'm going to draw a diagram, check back in a bit! Ahem. I was in a state of confusion then. Didn't you read my later posts?
JaKiri Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 I like drawing big diagrams in MS Paint. Noone can take that away from me!
Sayonara Posted July 7, 2004 Posted July 7, 2004 I like drawing big diagrams in MS Paint. Noone can take that away from me! None is so mighty as my diagram explaining what happened to the dinosaurs.
JaKiri Posted July 8, 2004 Posted July 8, 2004 None is so mighty as my diagram explaining what happened to the dinosaurs. Mine all make sense, so yah boo sucks to Sayonara.
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