Nemeski@lemm.ee to Astronomy@mander.xyz · 1 month agoNew dwarf planet spotted at the edge of the solar systemwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down10
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkNew dwarf planet spotted at the edge of the solar systemwww.newscientist.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Astronomy@mander.xyz · 1 month agomessage-square38linkfedilink
minus-squareKichae@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoIt didn’t. It’s 90.5 AU from us, and us is Earth. Or do you live on the Sun?
minus-squaretiny_hedgehog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·1 month agoIf we are 1AU from the sun, and this planet is 90AU from the sun, then it is between 89 and 91 AUs from earth depending on the progress of our orbits (assuming perfectly circular orbits). So they did change the frame of reference.
minus-squaretiny_hedgehog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou are right. I stand corrected.
It didn’t. It’s 90.5 AU from us, and us is Earth. Or do you live on the Sun?
If we are 1AU from the sun, and this planet is 90AU from the sun, then it is between 89 and 91 AUs from earth depending on the progress of our orbits (assuming perfectly circular orbits). So they did change the frame of reference.
deleted by creator
You are right. I stand corrected.