NominatedNemesis

@NominatedNemesis@reddthat.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sad Ganymede noises⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know how would you define ‘influence’.

  If I fix the reference point to the (mass?) center of the sun, then observe the moon relative position to the sun, then I see that the influence of the moon’s position is way grater than the Earth’s. Would the Moon fly away from the orbit if the Earth stopped existing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sad Ganymede noises⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I knew my argument was flawed, that was somewhat the point. I generally I don’t think many ppl know about the Lagrange points. I know they are used to define what orbits what, but I don’t have the knowledge yet to incorporate to my very flawed wordview.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sad Ganymede noises⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also thanks for mentioning the Hill sphere, I looking into that as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sad Ganymede noises⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not really, that was not my point. Just random thoughts shouted in the clouds. If I have to make a point, then I would say, categorizing things pretty hard, and the general populance understang and the scientific consensus about things are pretty far away.

  I know there are some points (L1-4) and they use that to define what orbits what, but I lost when I tried to research it without any pre-existing knowledge on the topic. I usually read some scientific communication, but they usually over simplify things. It’s hard to shed the pre-existing view, replace it with a more correct one, then do it again and again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sad Ganymede noises⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But how do we define what orbits what? On the scale from the Sun to Earth, the Moon orbits the Sun, just a litle more wobbly than the Earth’s path, by litle I mean well below the error when we imagine the Erath’s path as an elipse.

  We can try to define if something goes around as orbiting, but If I pick two planet from our solar system one will goes around of the other, thechnically orbiting it? We can try to restricting the distance… but that is a problem as well, even worst idea that “nothing” comes in between: multiple moons? What about the moons’ moons?

  Ahhh, humans and their need to neatly categorize things…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨space⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, I did not expect to find a fellow Ted Chiang enjoyer. The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate is one of my favorite.