this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2025
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 16 hours ago (22 children)

I know we're in a meme community but this did get me thinking... Not only is the Earth spinning but it's also in an orbit around the Sun which is also orbiting around the center of the Milky Way which is moving through space relative to other galaxies and so on.

Do we have enough information to calculate a position in space in the future for Earth without a fixed reference other than current point?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I don't think we have a relative fixed point to go off unless you choose the centre of the big bang. It's all relative to other things around us which are also moving lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't everywhere kinda the center?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Effectively, yes

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