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Astronomers have located the centre of the solar system to within 100 metres

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  • K Kent Sharkey

    Science Alert[^]:

    When you picture the Solar System in your head, most people would think of the Sun, stolid and stationary in the centre, with everything else whizzing about around it.

    For those who may have felt it revolved around them

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    100 meters... really? IF true, pretty impressive and Kudos. But I kind of doubt it.

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    • K Kent Sharkey

      Science Alert[^]:

      When you picture the Solar System in your head, most people would think of the Sun, stolid and stationary in the centre, with everything else whizzing about around it.

      For those who may have felt it revolved around them

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      Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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      100 meters! With an error factor of 100000000000%... Very impressive... (The problem is that such a statement assumes astronomers knows the exact mass and body center of each - meaningful - object in the solar system... Even the best software need reliable input)

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      • K Kent Sharkey

        Science Alert[^]:

        When you picture the Solar System in your head, most people would think of the Sun, stolid and stationary in the centre, with everything else whizzing about around it.

        For those who may have felt it revolved around them

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        MarkTJohnson
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        They better be careful, they might get excommunicated, just like Galileo.

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        • K Kent Sharkey

          Science Alert[^]:

          When you picture the Solar System in your head, most people would think of the Sun, stolid and stationary in the centre, with everything else whizzing about around it.

          For those who may have felt it revolved around them

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          ZurdoDev
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          My gps is accurate to within 2 meters. Pmmphhh. :^)

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            My gps is accurate to within 2 meters. Pmmphhh. :^)

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            Kent Sharkey
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            But can you set the controls for the heart of the sun[^]? ;P

            TTFN - Kent

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              100 meters... really? IF true, pretty impressive and Kudos. But I kind of doubt it.

              M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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              Kent Sharkey
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              It was fine - until Mercury moved. Now they have to start over again.

              TTFN - Kent

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              • K Kent Sharkey

                Science Alert[^]:

                When you picture the Solar System in your head, most people would think of the Sun, stolid and stationary in the centre, with everything else whizzing about around it.

                For those who may have felt it revolved around them

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                Marc Clifton
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                So the Pope was right after all? ;)

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                • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                  100 meters! With an error factor of 100000000000%... Very impressive... (The problem is that such a statement assumes astronomers knows the exact mass and body center of each - meaningful - object in the solar system... Even the best software need reliable input)

                  "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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                  MadMyche
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                  Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:

                  The problem is that such a statement assumes astronomers knows the exact mass and body center of each - meaningful - object in the solar system... Even the best software need reliable input

                  Which they don't. Nevermind that they don't even know what every object within the solar system is

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                  • K Kent Sharkey

                    It was fine - until Mercury moved. Now they have to start over again.

                    TTFN - Kent

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                    David ONeil
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                    That's deep! :thumbsup:

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                    • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                      100 meters! With an error factor of 100000000000%... Very impressive... (The problem is that such a statement assumes astronomers knows the exact mass and body center of each - meaningful - object in the solar system... Even the best software need reliable input)

                      "The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

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                      David ONeil
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                      Oh, but they used AI! So that has been compensated for. ... ... ... ... /s

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