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Old December 23rd 18, 11:21 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Paul Schlyter[_3_]
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Default earth tilt to 45 deg?

On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 15:15:10 -0500, Davoud wrote:
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:
No. It is incorrect, although arguably poetic, to describe

motion in vacuum
as “floating”. Floating requires a substance to float on

(e.g. water) or
in (e.g. air), but “vacuum” means the absence of any

substance.
There is no such thing as a vacuum. Nature doesn't just abhor a

vacuum,
it forbids it.


True. There are neutrinos everywhere...