Comment on the aliens monitoring our planet know that we are idiots
rtxn@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThen we chose a completely arbitrary point that doesn’t line up with either the apsides or the solstices to represent “zero”.
Comment on the aliens monitoring our planet know that we are idiots
rtxn@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThen we chose a completely arbitrary point that doesn’t line up with either the apsides or the solstices to represent “zero”.
EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We stick with it at this point because it’s not worth the hassle of changing it, and while points related to our axial tilt or the eccentricity of our orbit are less arbitrary it ultimately doesn’t matter. It is about the time that has passed and one point in the orbit is as good as another.