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Old July 14th 03, 05:28 PM
Joe Strout
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Default Sun's position relative to the planets?

In article ,
(I_am_on_Saturn) wrote:

Is Sun positioned at the center of the elliptical orbits of all the
planets?


Not quite. An ellipse has two foci. The sun is at one of these.
(There is nothing of interest at the other.)

Cheers,
- Joe

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