So the first one is how it’d look if it was coming right at you
Sassy_comments on
Both are true
Archhanny on
But…. That is how it works…. In a 2 Dimensional plane?
dr_stre on
Frames of reference, how do they work?
ElkIntelligent5474 on
It is so logical and it was only in the recent past that I understood the spiraling solar system. How did I ever think that our solar system was static in this ever expanding universe.
Aromatic_Fix5370 on
In relation to what?
LechuckJunior on
Uhh so where are we going?
Diplomatic_Intel777 on
Wait so we are traveling? O.o
MaximumReport on
Both are inaccurate in the aspect that the solar system is significantly larger than the scales presented.
NotYetHun on
This is actually terrifying
human-aftera11 on
The music ruined it. But cool story, bro.
axdsgn on
If they’re true how come we’re not dizzy?
dane_desha on
So, what is the Sun orbiting?
edlenring on
We are blasting through space at mach fuck on a rock spinning around a perpetual nuclear reaction and I need a fucking credit score what the fuck is this bullshit
kingvolcano_reborn on
This is not true. The plane of the solar system is tilted 60 degrees of the direction of movement.
Thief025 on
The sun has its own orbit too
Warm_Produce_4892 on
Stop fucking showing this. It has been noted, debunked and called out so many times over the years. It’s wrong. Like, 100% wrong.
The solar system is not a vortex. It is a gravitationally bound system where planets orbit the sun in roughly the same plane as the sun orbits the galactic center. If this was how it worked, these “orbits” would eventually break down and the planets would fly off. The planets orbits are bound to the sun. Not left behind like a wake.
Please, fuck off with this trash.
Ok-Courage798 on
Why does this shitty song get slapped on every video??!
There isn’t a single gram that shows a side angle of the orbital plane in such a way that you can say how accurate this is.
The angle of our solar systems orbital plane relative to the galaxy is 60° so it might kind of be like this but nearly as dramatic.
Cytori on
Really makes you appreciate the people choosing music for documentaries, because this sucks.
mjc4y on
As many are pointing out here, both are valid – just a question of which reference frame you like to use. To say that one is right and the other isn’t is to fail to understand this basic idea.
Still – two mistakes I can see:
1) In a galactic-centered reference frame (what the vortexy one is trying to depict), you’d also get that the plane of the solar system is slanted 60 degrees with respect to it’s forward motion AND
2.) Also in the second shot, you’d get some bobbing up and down – the sun (and rest of solar system) rises up through the plane of the milky way and then drops back down again in an cycle, a little like how carousel horses move.
You can pick any old object as your reference frame and get some pretty wild motions.
Valkyrie_smalkyrie on
My workmate thinks the earth is flat, and surrounded by a firmament. And many other spurious things. He’s actually a friend….. I’ve only come to learn this recently. It’s very painful
Automatic-Sentence77 on
I thought this was common knowledgeÂ
singapore_swing on
SPECIAL!
BEEEEEAAAAAMMMMM!
CANNON!!!!!!
ChromaticCluck on
Yeah why not just add that our galaxy is also moving and that our universe is expanding too and trying to teach that to children? There is no point of adding the third dimension as it just makes it more confusing, maybe you can say it as an extra point at the end “ah yes the sun is also moving so our solar system moves with it”. Also I swear some of the planets have oval orbits which makes both of these wrong
punkslaot on
It just depends what your comparing the motion to. Frame of reference. The first animation is acceptable
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This is causing me to have a personal crisis.
So the first one is how it’d look if it was coming right at you
Both are true
But…. That is how it works…. In a 2 Dimensional plane?
Frames of reference, how do they work?
It is so logical and it was only in the recent past that I understood the spiraling solar system. How did I ever think that our solar system was static in this ever expanding universe.
In relation to what?
Uhh so where are we going?
Wait so we are traveling? O.o
Both are inaccurate in the aspect that the solar system is significantly larger than the scales presented.
This is actually terrifying
The music ruined it. But cool story, bro.
If they’re true how come we’re not dizzy?
So, what is the Sun orbiting?
We are blasting through space at mach fuck on a rock spinning around a perpetual nuclear reaction and I need a fucking credit score what the fuck is this bullshit
This is not true. The plane of the solar system is tilted 60 degrees of the direction of movement.
The sun has its own orbit too
Stop fucking showing this. It has been noted, debunked and called out so many times over the years. It’s wrong. Like, 100% wrong.
The solar system is not a vortex. It is a gravitationally bound system where planets orbit the sun in roughly the same plane as the sun orbits the galactic center. If this was how it worked, these “orbits” would eventually break down and the planets would fly off. The planets orbits are bound to the sun. Not left behind like a wake.
Please, fuck off with this trash.
Why does this shitty song get slapped on every video??!
And fundamentally, there’s no difference.
Nope. Just nope.
https://i.redd.it/dqnm2exz3qxf1.gif
Special beam cannon!
There isn’t a single gram that shows a side angle of the orbital plane in such a way that you can say how accurate this is.
The angle of our solar systems orbital plane relative to the galaxy is 60° so it might kind of be like this but nearly as dramatic.
Really makes you appreciate the people choosing music for documentaries, because this sucks.
As many are pointing out here, both are valid – just a question of which reference frame you like to use. To say that one is right and the other isn’t is to fail to understand this basic idea.
Still – two mistakes I can see:
1) In a galactic-centered reference frame (what the vortexy one is trying to depict), you’d also get that the plane of the solar system is slanted 60 degrees with respect to it’s forward motion AND
2.) Also in the second shot, you’d get some bobbing up and down – the sun (and rest of solar system) rises up through the plane of the milky way and then drops back down again in an cycle, a little like how carousel horses move.
You can pick any old object as your reference frame and get some pretty wild motions.
My workmate thinks the earth is flat, and surrounded by a firmament. And many other spurious things. He’s actually a friend….. I’ve only come to learn this recently. It’s very painful
I thought this was common knowledgeÂ
SPECIAL!
BEEEEEAAAAAMMMMM!
CANNON!!!!!!
Yeah why not just add that our galaxy is also moving and that our universe is expanding too and trying to teach that to children? There is no point of adding the third dimension as it just makes it more confusing, maybe you can say it as an extra point at the end “ah yes the sun is also moving so our solar system moves with it”. Also I swear some of the planets have oval orbits which makes both of these wrong
It just depends what your comparing the motion to. Frame of reference. The first animation is acceptable
“Finally, you found a page that..”
Shut the f* up.
Ok where we goin?