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BEDS ARE BURNING - Midnight Oil

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Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
Steam in forty five degrees

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

The time has come to say fairs fair
to pay the rent, now to pay our share

Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore East to Yuendemu
The western desert lives and breathes
In 45 degrees

The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share
The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, now to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?


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    Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"

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    A fowl will stare upon your toes.

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    Four wheels scare the cockatoos.

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    A fire will scare the cockatoos

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    Four wheels scare the cockatoos

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    Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"

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    Golden wrecks and boiling dissolves
    Steam at 45 degrees.

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    Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
    Steam in 45 degrees.

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    Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"

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    How can we dance when a hurkey's turning?

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    How can we dance when our earth is turning?

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    How can we dance when a turkey's turning?

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    How can we dance when our earth is turning?

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    Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"

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    How can we dance when our love is turning
    How can we sleep when the bads are burning
    The time has come to pay the pair

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    How can we dance when our earth is turning
    How do we sleep while our beds are burning
    The time has come to say fair's fair

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    Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"

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    How can we dance when our love is turning?

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    How can we dance when our earth is turning?

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    Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"

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    How can we dance while the dudes are burning?

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    How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

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    How can we dance with our herpes burning?

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    How can we dance when our earth is turning?

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    Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"

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    How can we sleep when our legs are burning?

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    How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

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    How can we sleep when our pants are burning?

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    How do we sleep when our beds are burning?

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    Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"

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    How can we sleep while the babes are burning?

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    How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

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    How can you sleep while your bowels are churning?

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    How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

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    How can you think when your pants are burning?

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    How do we sleep when our beds are burning?

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    Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"

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    How could we dance when I heard keys turning?

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    How can we dance when our earth is turning?

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    Our bags are packed

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    A fact's a fact

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    Out where the river broke
    The bloodworth and the desert oak
    Hold the Rex and butt the 'these alls'
    Stealing forty five degrees.

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    Out where the river broke
    The bloodwood and the desert oak
    Holden wrecks and boiling diesels
    Steam in forty five degrees.

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    Midnight Oil's, "Beds Are Burning"

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    The bloodwood and the desert rose
    Golden wrecks and boiling designs.

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    The bloodwood and the desert oak
    Holden wrecks and boiling diesels.

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    The time has come
    The safe has failed

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    The time has come
    to say fair's fair

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    The time has come to save the bear

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    The time has come to save this sphere

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    The time has come, our bags are packed

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    The time has come
    To say fair well.

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    The western desert lives and breathes
    To fortify the rains.

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    The western desert lives and breathes
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    To pay the rent, dictatorship

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    Why the Sun revolves around the Earth / Sudo Null IT News The data of this survey are repeatedly reprinted in the media, and on various network resources in the comments they often refer to it when discussing various socio-political problems.

    If I took this survey, I would most likely be among the 30% who answered yes. Below I will try to explain why. nine0003

    The fact is that any movement is relative. Whether an object is moving or standing still, and how it moves, depends on the frame of reference chosen. In the statement "The sun revolves around the Earth" there are no indications of a reference system, there are only 2 objects, the Sun and the Earth.

    Suppose there is a system of 2 points A and B. If in the frame of reference associated with point A, point B moves along a circle centered at point A, then in the frame of reference associated with point B, point A moves along a circle with centered at point B.

    This is very easy to prove. It suffices to write down the rotation equation in polar coordinates.

    r = AB
    φ = ωt

    The distance to the center of the circle does not depend on time and is equal to the initial length of segment AB. The polar angle is equal to the product of the angular velocity and the time. When moving to polar coordinates centered at point B, the distance between points A and B will remain exactly the same, and the angle will simply shift by 180°.

    r = BA
    φ \u003d π + ωt

    Instead of a drawing, I suggest looking at a visual illustration. nine0023 To view the illustrations in this article, you will need a browser that displays gif animation.


    Sun-Earth


    Sun-Earth with a trajectory

    The movement of bodies in the Sun-Earth reference system is shown here. On the left is the heliocentric system, that is, the system centered on the Sun, on the right is the geocentric system (centered on the Earth), and in the middle is the coordinate system associated with the point midway between the Sun and the Earth. I added an intermediate system specifically to show that there are much more than two possible reference systems, and all of them are equal. If the Earth revolves around the Sun, then we can talk about its rotation around anything. nine0003

    Actually, this could be the end of it. The VTsIOM question is illiterate and has no unequivocal answer. You can both agree with the statement that the Sun revolves around the Earth, and disagree, no conclusions follow from this, and such studies do not deserve attention. However, the topic covered in this question is very fruitful. You can tell a lot of interesting things about it. So let's continue.

    The nature of the movement of celestial bodies was studied by people to solve practical problems. The sun obviously affects the weather, so to plan many activities, such as construction or agricultural work, it was necessary to be able to calculate its trajectory. Scientists observed the luminary, recorded the results and compiled tables on what day, in what place on earth to what height the Sun would rise, how long the night would last, etc. Taking the Earth as the center around which the Sun revolves, everything could be quite accurate calculate. The result of these calculations was the calendar that we use today. nine0003

    Difficulties arise when it becomes necessary to calculate the trajectories of the planets. Let's say Venus. It does not affect the weather, but it is absolutely impossible to ignore it, because it is the 3rd brightest object in the sky. On a clear night, by the light of this planet, one can even read. Let's see what the orbit of Venus looks like given what we know about it. It should be noted that it is almost impossible to make an image of the Solar System in compliance with all proportions, therefore, in my illustrations, the proportions are not observed. I tried to observe only more-smaller and slower-faster relationships (Venus is smaller than Jupiter, Mercury moves faster than the Earth relative to the Sun, etc.). nine0003

    Sun-Venus-Earth

    This is what the trajectory of Venus looks like in different frames of reference.


    Venus with a trajectory

    Try using this trajectory to calculate when Venus is on the same line between the Sun and the Earth or when it hides behind the Sun. The task is not easy.

    Besides Venus, other planets have been known since ancient times. For example, Mercury is closest to the Sun. Its trajectory in the same coordinates is as follows. nine0003

    Sun-Mercury-Venus-Earth

    If you take several screenshots in a row, you will notice that at each moment in time the state of the Sun-Mercury-Venus-Earth system in all three systems is the same. The lines that draw the planets don't really exist. These are mathematical abstractions that our imagination draws in order to better understand the subject.


    Mercury with a trajectory

    Seeing such beauty, the advantages of the heliocentric system do not seem obvious at all. nine0003

    Since it was not possible to predict the various somersaults of the planets in the geocentric system, and the available tables with coordinates differed from observations, astronomers worked on other systems. In the middle of the 16th century, Nicolaus Nikolaevich Copernicus published a book describing the heliocentric system. Thus, two views on the structure of the space around us arose. Despite significant differences, they had some similarities.


    1. Both there and there the center around which everything revolves was considered the Center of the Universe. nine0094
    2. Both systems were inaccurate and their predictions were at odds with observations.

    Not surprisingly, books about heliocentrism began to fall into the register of prohibited literature, which was maintained by representatives of the church. The 1st paragraph contradicts religious dogmas and offends the feelings of believers, and the 2nd paragraph excludes arguments for justification.

    It took several more decades of careful observations before Johann Genrikhovich Kepler finally found formulas that allow one to calculate with satisfactory accuracy the position of all known planets at different times. These formulas worked in a reference frame with a fixed Sun, and thus the heliocentric system of the world was established as a recognized theory. nine0003

    Modern science has long abandoned the idea that the object that is stationary is more important. No one is looking for the "Center of the Universe" anymore. A frame of reference is a mathematical abstraction used as a tool. For some tasks, a heliocentric system is needed, for other tasks, a geocentric system is suitable, and there are tasks for which neither one nor the other is suitable. Moreover, suitable - not suitable, this is a subjective assessment. A suitable reference system is assigned in which it is easier to perform the necessary calculations with the required accuracy. With the advent of computer technology, this boundary is blurred even more. Using a simple python program at home, you can get the result in several reference systems at once with the same accuracy. What system you set, in such and you will receive result. nine0003

    Example

    So when someone starts discussing on the Internet who revolves around whom, and how many percent of the population is not familiar with this “fact”, feel free to consider this user a guest from the past, about the 16th century -XVIII.

    At the end of the 17th century, Isaac Isaakovich Newton formulated the law of universal gravitation and the laws of mechanics, which confirmed the formulas of Johann Genrikhovich and worked with acceptable accuracy in the heliocentric frame of reference. This singled out the heliocentric system, where the Earth revolves around the Sun, among all other systems. nine0003

    Newtonian mechanics was in good agreement with the results of observations known at the time of its creation, but at the same time it raised new questions requiring explanation. And that's what makes it great, because new questions inspire new answers. Newton's laws have the following problems:


    1. Gravity is instantaneous and infinite. Many experiments in different fields of physics over many years give reason to assert that this does not happen in nature, and if something propagates instantly, then most likely we do not understand something. nine0094
    2. Mercury's orbit deviates from the calculated one over time. The shift is not very large, but noticeable.
    3. Newton's laws are valid only in an inertial frame of reference.

    The last point is the weakest point of classical mechanics. The laws are carried out in an inertial frame of reference, and there is no exact definition of what kind of system it is. No matter how much they racked their brains, they did not come up with anything, except that the inertial frame of reference is such a frame of reference in which Newton's laws are fulfilled. It turns out a loop, a definition of the term through itself. A heliocentric system can be considered inertial only approximately, and real inertial systems do not exist at all. nine0003

    Now is the time to give the floor to the Honorary Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR Albert Germanovich Einstein: moving completely randomly with respect to each other? If this can be done, then our difficulties will be solved. Then we will be able to apply the laws of nature in any coordinate system. The struggle between the views of Ptolemy and Copernicus, so fierce in the early days of science, would then become completely meaningless. Any coordinate system could be applied with the same justification. The two sentences "The sun is at rest and the earth is moving" and "the sun is moving and the earth is at rest" would simply mean two different conventions about different coordinate systems. nine0024
    Could we build a real relativistic physics that is valid in all coordinate systems; a physics in which there would be not absolute, but only relative motion? It actually turns out to be possible!

    Original The Evolution of Physics, 1938

    Can we formulate physical laws so that they are valid for all c. s., not only those moving uniformly, but also those moving quite arbitrarily, relative to each other? If this can be done, our difficulties will be over. We shall then be able to apply the laws of nature to any c.s. The struggle, so violent in the early days of science, between the views of Ptolemy and Copernicus would then be quite meaningless. Either c.s. could be used with equal justification. The two sentences, "the sun is at rest and the earth moves", or "the sun moves and the earth is at rest", would simply mean two different conventions concerning two different c.s. nine0024
    Could we build a real relativistic physics valid in all c.s.; a physics in which there would be no place for absolute, but only for relative, motion? This is indeed possible!

    Comrade Einstein developed a theory of gravity that does not require an inertial frame of reference. His general theory of relativity explained the anomaly of the orbit of Mercury, found many other experimental confirmations and posed a lot of new questions for science. And that's what makes her beautiful. nine0003

    After the recognition of the theory of relativity, the dispute about whether the Sun revolves around the Earth or vice versa, finally equated to a war of points and blunt points. And the fact that in our society we still have to deal with outdated ideas about the laws of nature causes sadness and regret.

    I recall an episode from A Study in Scarlet brilliantly screened by director Igor Fedorovich Maslennikov:



    The original was even more interesting

    “But the Solar System!” I protested.

    “What the deuce is it to me?” he interrupted impatiently; “you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.”

    Watson, a well-read educated person, informs Holmes about the system of views accepted in modern science. In doing so, he makes a typical human error. He believes that scientific theory is the absolute truth and leaves no doubt about it. Meanwhile, any scientific theory, firstly, has limits of applicability, and secondly, at any moment it can be refuted by a new experiment, and then it will certainly be revised. nine0003

    Holmes is not familiar with the works of great physicists, and this ignorance just helps him not to dwell on one point of view, it makes him start discussing the problem right during the conversation. The penetrating mind and great erudition of Holmes allowed him to look a little further than contemporary science and formulate in his own words the basic principle of the new theory: the laws of nature are invariant with respect to the frame of reference.


    Total


    • The question of who revolves around whom does not make sense if the frame of reference is not set. nine0094
    • If any of the readers have a desire to draw their own simplified diagrams of the motion of the planets in different frames of reference, then they can use my python script. The script uses the matplotlib library. For accurate modeling of the solar system, I can recommend Solar System Scope.

    Afterword

    While I was preparing the GIFs for this article, I had another interesting, although not indisputable, idea. This idea significantly changes my conclusion, so I thought it would not be out of place to share it. nine0003

    Since motion is relative, we can only talk about it in the context of a known frame of reference. However, we do not do this in everyday life. Each car has a device that shows the speed. We know very well that it shows the speed relative to the road surface. Near the road there is a sign with the designation of the maximum speed. No one will penalize the driver for moving at a speed of 29 km / s relative to the Sun. Both drivers and inspectors know that the speed limit on a sign is measured relative to that sign. Weather forecasts, sporting achievements, traffic, navigation, all require the designation of speed, but nowhere is the reference system explicitly indicated. nine0003

    Thus, we can conclude that:

    There is a default reference system, which is used in everyday life when there is no explicit indication of a different reference system. This system is geocentric.

    It follows that there is only one correct answer to the VTsIOM question: “Yes. Agree. The sun revolves around the earth." I hope sociologists don't burn me at the stake for this heresy.

    The results of the notorious "sociological study" can now be interpreted as follows:


    This is what effective managers have brought the country to! Only a third of the population is aware that the sun revolves around the earth. The remaining 2/3 are victims of the USE. True, there is a positive trend, from 2007 to 2011 the proportion of educated citizens increased from 28% to 32%, but this is clearly not enough. At this rate, we will not achieve universal literacy until 2080. Something urgently needs to be done.

    How the solar system moves nine0003

    The video, released in 2012, went viral and made a lot of noise. I came across him shortly after his appearance, when I knew much less about space than I do now. And most of all I was confused by the perpendicularity of the plane of the orbits of the planets to the direction of motion. It's not that it's impossible, but the Solar System can move at any angle to the plane of the Galaxy. You ask, why remember long-forgotten stories? The fact is that right now, with the desire and the presence of good weather, everyone can see in the sky the real angle between the planes of the ecliptic and the Galaxy. nine0015

    Checking scientists

    Astronomy says that the angle between the planes of the ecliptic and the galaxy is 63°.

    But the figure itself is boring, and even now, when flat Earth adherents are arranging a coven on the sidelines of science, I want to have a simple and clear illustration. Let's think about how we can see the planes of the Galaxy and the ecliptic in the sky, preferably with the naked eye and without moving far from the city? The plane of the Galaxy is the Milky Way, but now, with an abundance of light pollution, it is not so easy to see it. Is there any line approximately close to the plane of the Galaxy? Yes, it is the constellation Cygnus. It is clearly visible even in the city, and it is easy to find it, relying on the bright stars: Deneb (alpha Cygnus), Vega (alpha Lyra) and Altair (alpha Eagle). The "torso" of Cygnus approximately coincides with the galactic plane. nine0003

    Okay, we have one plane. But how to get a visual line of the ecliptic? Let's think, what is the ecliptic in general? According to the modern strict definition, the ecliptic is a section of the celestial sphere by the plane of the orbit of the barycenter (center of mass) of the Earth-Moon. On the average, the Sun moves along the ecliptic, but we do not have two Suns, according to which it is convenient to draw a line, and the Cygnus constellation will not be visible in sunlight. But if we remember that the planets of the solar system also move approximately in the same plane, then it turns out that the parade of planets will just roughly show us the plane of the ecliptic. And now in the morning sky you can just see Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. nine0003

    As a result, in the coming weeks, in the morning before sunrise, it will be possible to very clearly see the following picture:

    Which, surprisingly, is in perfect agreement with astronomy textbooks.

    And it’s more correct to draw a GIF like this:


    Source: website of the astronomer Rhys Taylor rhysy.net

    The question can cause the relative position of the planes. Are we flying <-/ or <-\ (when viewed from the outer side of the Galaxy, the north pole is at the top)? Astronomy says that the solar system is moving relative to the nearest stars in the direction of the constellation Hercules, to a point located near Vega and Albireo (beta Cygnus), that is, the correct position <-/. nine0003

    But, alas, this fact cannot be verified “on the fingers”, because, even if they did it two hundred and thirty-five years ago, they used the results of many years of astronomical observations and mathematics.

    Receding Stars

    How can you generally determine where the solar system is moving relative to nearby stars? If we can record the movement of a star across the celestial sphere for decades, then the direction of movement of several stars will tell us where we are moving relative to them. Let's call the point to which we are moving apex. Stars that are not far from it, as well as from the opposite point (anti-apex), will move weakly, because they are flying towards us or away from us. And the farther the star is from the apex and anti-apex, the greater will be its own motion. Imagine that you are driving down the road. Traffic lights at intersections in front and behind will not shift much to the sides. But the lampposts along the road will flicker (have a large own movement) outside the window. nine0003

    The GIF shows the movement of Barnard's Star, which has the largest proper motion. Already in the 18th century, astronomers had records of the position of stars over an interval of 40-50 years, which made it possible to determine the direction of motion of slower stars. Then the English astronomer William Herschel took the star catalogs and, without approaching the telescope, began to calculate. Already the first calculations according to Mayer's catalog showed that the stars do not move randomly, and the apex can be determined.


    Source: Hoskin, M. Herschel's Determination of the Solar Apex, Journal for the History of Astronomy, Vol. 11, P. 153, 1980

    And with the data of the Lalande catalog, the area was significantly reduced.


    From the same place

    Then normal scientific work went on - data refinement, calculations, disputes, but Herschel used the correct principle and was only ten degrees wrong. Information is still being collected, for example, only thirty years ago, the speed of movement was reduced from 20 to 13 km / s. Important: this speed should not be confused with the speed of the solar system and other nearby stars relative to the center of the Galaxy, which is approximately 220 km/s. nine0003

    Even further

    Well, since we mentioned the speed of movement relative to the center of the Galaxy, it is necessary to understand here as well. The galactic north pole is chosen in the same way as the earth's - arbitrarily by agreement. It is located near the star Arcturus (alpha Bootes), approximately up in the direction of the wing of the constellation Cygnus. But in general, the projection of the constellations on the map of the Galaxy looks like this:

    I.e. The solar system moves relative to the center of the Galaxy in the direction of the constellation Cygnus, and relative to the local stars in the direction of the constellation Hercules, at an angle of 63 ° to the galactic plane, <-/, when viewed from the outside of the Galaxy, the north pole is from above. nine0003

    Space tail

    But the comparison of the solar system with a comet in the video is absolutely correct. NASA's IBEX was specifically designed to determine the interaction between the boundary of the solar system and interstellar space.


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