history: I love watching the sunrise. It's such a nice way to start the day!
knowledge: Although the Sun appears to ''rise'' from the horizon, it is actually the ''Earth's'' motion that causes the Sun to appear.
response: That's good to hear! Sunrise is a bit of a misnomer though as the Sun doesn't actually move, it's actually the Earth rotating.
history: I love watching the sunrise. It's such a nice way to start the day!
That's good to hear! Sunrise is a bit of a misnomer though as the Sun doesn't actually move, it's actually the Earth rotating.
That's true! I never thought about that! What do you think the best place is to watch the sun come up?
knowledge: Astronomically, sunrise occurs for only an instant: the moment at which the upper limb of the Sun appears tangent to the horizon.
response: Really any place with a great view of the horizon.
history: I love watching the sunrise. It's such a nice way to start the day!
That's good to hear! Sunrise is a bit of a misnomer though as the Sun doesn't actually move, it's actually the Earth rotating.
That's true! I never thought about that! What do you think the best place is to watch the sun come up?
Really any place with a great view of the horizon.
I like to go down to the beach to watch. It's so pretty to watch how the sky changes color!
knowledge: The illusion of a moving Sun results from Earth observers being in a rotating reference frame; this apparent motion is so convincing that most cultures had mythologies and religions built around the geocentric model, which prevailed until astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus first formulated the heliocentric model in the 16th century.
response: I agree. I can see why it is a part of so many mythologies and religions.
history: I love watching the sunrise. It's such a nice way to start the day!
That's good to hear! Sunrise is a bit of a misnomer though as the Sun doesn't actually move, it's actually the Earth rotating.
That's true! I never thought about that! What do you think the best place is to watch the sun come up?
Really any place with a great view of the horizon.
I like to go down to the beach to watch. It's so pretty to watch how the sky changes color!
I agree. I can see why it is a part of so many mythologies and religions.
Is it? Can you tell me more about how it's involved in mythology?
knowledge: The illusion of a moving Sun results from Earth observers being in a rotating reference frame; this apparent motion is so convincing that most cultures had mythologies and religions built around the geocentric model, which prevailed until astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus first formulated the heliocentric model in the 16th century.
response: Well in earlier times it was believed to be geocentric, aka the sun rotating around the earth.