Yes, the planets of the Solar System orbit the Sun. But the sun is also moving through space …
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Yeah, the sun is moving
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The Solar Road Goes Ever On and On
Hm. I must test the efficacy of telling people 'I'm not drunk, I'm just really in touch with stellar movement tonight'.
If it feels like the universe is spinning around you …
Thank you for that visualization!
But it gets worse: The galaxy itself is moving within its cluster, which is moving within…
You spin me right round, baby, right round, like a multi-dimensional record, baby, right round …
It's a lovely animation but from looking at the other content of djsadhu's site I can't quite take it as being accurate, especially with Saturn and Jupiter depicted as having the same orbital period (to say nothing of the order the planets are in…)
I wouldn't mind if it was purely an artistic statement, but going by his youtube uploads and blog he's either trolling or deluded.
It's definitely not 100% accurate, but as a quick and dirty demo it's not a bad way show folks a concept they're probably never considered. It's also shows another wrinkle to the problem with time travel.