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xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 10 months ago by randomaccount43543 to c/xkcd
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"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"

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[–] danc4498 3 points 10 months ago

So if the point is inside the sun, do we not consider the sun as orbiting that point? I would think it is still orbiting a point.