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Originally Posted by Renato1
Amazing is it not?
I was taught all about the sun and the earth and the moon way back in the early years of primary school, and since the 1980s (when I got my first telescope) I've been wondering "What are they teaching these kids in school?"
And in the last decade, when I find that shop assistants can't multiply by 10 in their head (i.e. add a zero to the figure), I've been wondering the same thing.
Anyhow, I rarely have a motor drive on my telescopes. So when the moon or planet goes out of the field I say
"See how it moved out of view?"
"Yes"
"It's not moving at all, it is standing still - that's actually us moving on the spinning earth".
It amazes them every time.
Regards,
Renato
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Actually, a teacher would explain that all planets move, but what you see through a telescope is primarily the effects of the earths rotation magnified by the telescope... If planets stopped moving in their orbits, I suspect they would plunge into the sun under the influences of the suns gravity.... BUT I COULD BE WRONG
Its just amazing what some people believe.
