>> Saying that the
>> planets orbit the sun in ellipses is saying that the sun's frame of
>> reference is preferred to the earth's.
> This is a common myth, but it is untrue for two reasons.
It's a pretty mainstream interpretation of Mach's Principle, though not one
that all scientists accept.
-- Tim Maroney tim@maroney.org
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