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It's not far from the sign marking the exact latitude and longitude of the Earth's core.

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We’ve done ~20 orbits around the galaxy since then so we’re way the hell away from that spot.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Relative to us, which is how universal position works, we are in pretty much the same place.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Not to mention the galaxy was moving too.

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Is that why I'm dizzy all the time?

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And the universe is expanding

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm starting to get a little motion sick...

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry due to your inertial reference frame you can't tell anything is happening.

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Must have been a lot of Dramamine going around before Einstein invented that.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 1 points 4 months ago

I wonder how they got it into their cake holes before Newton finally brought us all to the ground by inventing Gravity.