▲ 1364 ▼ xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument (imgs.xkcd.com) submitted 2 years ago by randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 140 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://xkcd.com/2898 Alt text: "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!"
[–] Bademantel@feddit.de 124 points 2 years ago (2 children) I mean, yeah. That's the joke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world -22 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oh thanks! I wasn’t sure. /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bademantel@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago A cunning display of deception! permalink fedilink source parent [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago May as well lose the /s permalink fedilink source parent [+] Nightwind@lemmy.world -34 points 2 years ago (4 children) No it's not. The common center here is the center of our galaxy which both orbit. Even if the sun wobbles a miniscule bit there is no common orbit between them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) it is possible for objects to orbit multiple objects at the same time. Add the moon to the system. The moon is orbiting the earth that is orbiting the sun that is orbiting the center of our galaxy. And yes each of them have a common center, just that it is very very close to the center of mass of the larger object in each case. For the moon the earth is the dominant gravitational force, for the earth it is the sun and for the sun it is the center of our galaxy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Cypher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago And our local galactic cluster is heading towards something ominous called the Great Attractor. It’s direction is hidden by the horizon of the Milky Way, but it is most likely another larger cluster of galaxies permalink fedilink source parent [–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago youre right, i miexd up the words and edited it. thank you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Donkter@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's a very famous smart man with zany hair and a big tongue that says your comment is wrong and it's all relative to your frame of reference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) zany hair and a big tongue Gene Simmons? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I would have gone with Groucho Marx. permalink fedilink source parent [–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The Goblin Bulge King? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zron@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago No the common center is called a barycenter and it’s somewhere just outside the middle of the sun. permalink fedilink source parent [+] KrankyKong@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world -22 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oh thanks! I wasn’t sure. /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bademantel@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago A cunning display of deception! permalink fedilink source parent [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago May as well lose the /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bademantel@feddit.de 16 points 2 years ago A cunning display of deception! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago May as well lose the /s permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Nightwind@lemmy.world -34 points 2 years ago (4 children) No it's not. The common center here is the center of our galaxy which both orbit. Even if the sun wobbles a miniscule bit there is no common orbit between them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) it is possible for objects to orbit multiple objects at the same time. Add the moon to the system. The moon is orbiting the earth that is orbiting the sun that is orbiting the center of our galaxy. And yes each of them have a common center, just that it is very very close to the center of mass of the larger object in each case. For the moon the earth is the dominant gravitational force, for the earth it is the sun and for the sun it is the center of our galaxy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Cypher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago And our local galactic cluster is heading towards something ominous called the Great Attractor. It’s direction is hidden by the horizon of the Milky Way, but it is most likely another larger cluster of galaxies permalink fedilink source parent [–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago youre right, i miexd up the words and edited it. thank you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Donkter@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's a very famous smart man with zany hair and a big tongue that says your comment is wrong and it's all relative to your frame of reference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) zany hair and a big tongue Gene Simmons? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I would have gone with Groucho Marx. permalink fedilink source parent [–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The Goblin Bulge King? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zron@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago No the common center is called a barycenter and it’s somewhere just outside the middle of the sun. permalink fedilink source parent [+] KrankyKong@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) it is possible for objects to orbit multiple objects at the same time. Add the moon to the system. The moon is orbiting the earth that is orbiting the sun that is orbiting the center of our galaxy. And yes each of them have a common center, just that it is very very close to the center of mass of the larger object in each case. For the moon the earth is the dominant gravitational force, for the earth it is the sun and for the sun it is the center of our galaxy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Cypher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago And our local galactic cluster is heading towards something ominous called the Great Attractor. It’s direction is hidden by the horizon of the Milky Way, but it is most likely another larger cluster of galaxies permalink fedilink source parent [–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago youre right, i miexd up the words and edited it. thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Cypher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sylver@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago And our local galactic cluster is heading towards something ominous called the Great Attractor. It’s direction is hidden by the horizon of the Milky Way, but it is most likely another larger cluster of galaxies permalink fedilink source parent [–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago youre right, i miexd up the words and edited it. thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago And our local galactic cluster is heading towards something ominous called the Great Attractor. It’s direction is hidden by the horizon of the Milky Way, but it is most likely another larger cluster of galaxies permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago youre right, i miexd up the words and edited it. thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's a very famous smart man with zany hair and a big tongue that says your comment is wrong and it's all relative to your frame of reference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) zany hair and a big tongue Gene Simmons? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I would have gone with Groucho Marx. permalink fedilink source parent [–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The Goblin Bulge King? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) zany hair and a big tongue Gene Simmons? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I would have gone with Groucho Marx. permalink fedilink source parent [–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The Goblin Bulge King? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I would have gone with Groucho Marx. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The Goblin Bulge King? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zron@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago No the common center is called a barycenter and it’s somewhere just outside the middle of the sun. permalink fedilink source parent