Saturday, December 24, 2011

Is it true that Sun revolves round the Earth?

"The Sun rotates around the Earth".This statement cannot be written/stated as "FACT" because there is no physical reality.Yes,we can draw lots of inferences from the above statement.

Let me explain what is common in the classical mechanics and general relativity.

The Sun is more massive than the Earth.In terms of classical mechanics the Sun exerts a way stronger gravitational force than the Earth..
Sun is way stronger than the gravitational field of the Earth. The point is: the Sun being more massive than the Earth, is independent from choice of frame of reference.Thus if you do not have frame of reference you cannot talk about rotation/revolution.Then how can you prove that Sun revolves around the Earth.This can be one of your inference or assumption but not the fact.

For the case of the Moon and the Earth and the Sun: The common center of mass of the Earth-Moon system is orbiting the Sun. The Earth is so much more massive than the Moon that the common center of mass of the Earth-Moon system is beneath the Earth's surface.

Again,this is independent of choice of reference frame. Regardless of how you represent the physics taking place, the physical description locates the common center of mass some distance beneath the Earth's surface.

The General theory of relativity given by Einstein is derived from classical mechanics only. The first step is the realization that classical mechanics and Newton's law of gravity admit of a geometric description.The relativity always speaks about the relative motion concept which need a reference point.

2 comments:

  1. Buddy,
    If your intention was to illustrate the common ground of Classical Mechanics and General relativity then I must say I did not quite get it.

    It would be good if you can elaborate on how you can prove/disprove that Sun revolves around the earth through General relativity principles.

    It was quite clear in the way you illustrated it using Classical Mechanics !!

    Need a bit more explanation...

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  2. Hi,

    Want to get you guys view whether Sun revolves around Earth or not.I say straightforward "No" because the Sun being more massive than the Earth, is independent from choice of frame of reference.The GR talks about rotation in a frame of reference.If it can not have, shall we prove that Sun revolves around earth.

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