"clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message
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> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> > > Depends on whether it actually rotates around the earth ;)

> > It actually doesn't. It rotates around the sun.  If you actually do the
> > math, you find that the attraction of the sun on the moon when it's on
the
> > sunwards side of the earth is stronger than the attraction of the earth
on
> > the moon.

> Oh come on, do you really believe that sun-worshipper propaganda crap?
They've
> been trying to hype the sun as the king of the sky ever since they put it
up
> there, when we all know it's no bigger than the moon. Get real man! The
moon
> was built first (which is why it's not burning any more these days), and
> there's really no reason to give the sun any attention.

Plus the sun only comes out during daytime. The moon, by contrast, is much
more useful as it brightens up the night.

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