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Orbiting A Ball Of Fire Awaiting What ? by panafrican(m): 1:50am On Feb 11, 2020
Here we are ,on a big solid ball ( Planet Earth ) attached to nothing and orbiting a ball of extreme heat and fire (the Sun ) , not knowing if tomorrow
that massive ball of fire will explode and engulf
us , or if a sideral force will sweep us away.





How far away is the Sun?
The Sun is at an average distance of about 93,000,000 miles (150 million kilometers) away from Earth.
It is so far away that light from the Sun, traveling at a speed of 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) per second, takes about 8 minutes to reach us. Like all of the other planets in our Solar System, Earth does not travel around the Sun in a perfect circle.

Instead its orbit is elliptical, like a stretched circle, with the Sun just off the center of the orbit. This means that the distance between Earth and the Sun changes during a year.

At its closest, the Sun is 91.4 million miles (147.1 million km) away from us. At its farthest, the Sun is 94.5 million miles (152.1 million km) away.

The Earth is closest to the Sun during winter in the northern hemisphere.

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ask/8-How-far-away-is-the-Sun-

Re: Orbiting A Ball Of Fire Awaiting What ? by Fash20: 9:35pm On Feb 11, 2020
The solar system has been in existance for billions of years why would it out of the blue stop to exist tomorrow
Re: Orbiting A Ball Of Fire Awaiting What ? by panafrican(m): 7:10pm On Feb 12, 2020
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Fash20:
The solar system has been in existance for billions of years why would it out of the blue stop to exist tomorrow
Because no-one really knows the laws that sustain its existence. Those laws can well be time-wise discontinuous.
Re: Orbiting A Ball Of Fire Awaiting What ? by gatiano(m): 8:02pm On Feb 12, 2020
That massive ball will never explode. And She is very young. Have you seen/heard of an atom exploding?

panafrican:

Here we are ,on a big solid ball ( Planet Earth ) attached to nothing and orbiting a ball of extreme heat and fire (the Sun ) , not knowing if tomorrow
that massive ball of fire will explode and engulf
us , or if a sideral force will sweep us away.



Re: Orbiting A Ball Of Fire Awaiting What ? by fotadmowmend(m): 8:02pm On Feb 12, 2020
only change is constant.... anything can happen at any time
Re: Orbiting A Ball Of Fire Awaiting What ? by panafrican(m): 10:55pm On Feb 12, 2020
fotadmowmend:
only change is constant.... anything can happen at any time
Yes!
Enlightening .
Re: Orbiting A Ball Of Fire Awaiting What ? by Fash20: 9:09am On Feb 13, 2020
panafrican:
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Because no-one really knows the laws that sustain its existence. Those laws can well be time-wise discontinuous.

We know to some extent and I'm 101% sure that the solar system will be there tomorrow.

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