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Ian David
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February 15, 2014
The Earth does NOT revolve around the Sun. The Earth and the Sun both orbit the barycenter...
the solar system's center of mass, along with all the other planetary objects.
Since 2008, that center has been OUTSIDE the Sun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycentric_coordinates_(astronomy)
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