I'm just asking this as a teaser, not very serious.
If you think of it. the earth, or for that matter any planet, can be considered as the centre of the solar system with the sun taking a near-circular orbit around it. Mercury and venus would be 'moons' of the sun. The planets from Mars to Pluto would then orbit around the earth in elliptical orbits.
2006-11-05 23:18:24 · 15 answers · asked by Name not provided 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
All the planetary objects in the solar system revolves round the Sun. Then how can the earth be the centre. The center of the Solar system must be at the Sun. The Sun is relatively stationary in the solar system.
2006-11-05 23:28:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jeet 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The trouble with that is Mars and the other outer planets do not always move forward in the sky as seen against the background of stars. Near the time of opposition Mars backs up for a few months and then reverses direction again to move forward until the next opposition. Ptolemy had a complicated system of Mars moving around a small circle, called an epicycle, while the center of the epicycle moved around the Earth to explain this. Copernicus neatly explained the backing up motion as the faster moving Earth passing the slower moving Mars every 26 months.
2006-11-06 01:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth or any other planet couldn't be the center of the Solar System because not a single one of the planets - including Jupiter - would have enough gravitational force to move the Sun around itself. It's the Sun that has major gravitational force to be able to move the planets around itself.
2006-11-07 13:20:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anton Mathew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Earth, or any planet cannot be considered the center of the solar system. The planet would have to be stationary, and this cannot happen. Any way, the sun's mass is greater than all other objects in the solar system combined. Everything is going to be attracted to the sun more than any other object.
2006-11-05 23:25:29 · answer #4 · answered by bldudas 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everything in the solar system and the universe for that matter revolves around me. This can be easily confused with the everything revolving around the Earth since I, in fact, am on the Earth.
2006-11-06 02:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by Jay 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No as you said it isn't but it used to be considered by law in european countries the center of the solar and the universe. This was by religious decree(another one they were wrong on).
Many people died for beleiving the earth was round, and evolved around the sun.
2006-11-06 01:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the earth really does revolve around the sun, although the sun is also moving slowly.
2006-11-05 23:26:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Way to think out of the box. But no, the earth is not the center of the universe. I am.
2006-11-05 23:26:26 · answer #8 · answered by ralph w 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. However, Ann Arbor, MI appears to be the center of the universe.
2006-11-05 23:25:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that perception of yours is irrational. This thought however is what had been the thinking of the archaic people during their time. It simply shows how egocentric human civilization can be.. tsk.tsk.tsk...
2006-11-06 01:50:43 · answer #10 · answered by mark 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋