Quiz: It’s noon on the spring equinox and you’re standing at the equator; the sun is directly overhead. Suppose that light takes exactly 8 minutes to travel the distance between us and the sun. Where would you have to point a laser in order to hit the sun dead-center?
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Replying to @KevinSimler
While the sun appears to be directly overhead, that’s where it was 8 minutes ago. Aim 2 degrees to the West (where the sun is at the moment you fire the laser). Once you fire, the movement of the Earth will not alter the path of the laser light.
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Replying to @ronthere
So I don’t think this is right. The sun isn’t actually moving (relative to us), so when its light hits us, the light is coming from exactly where the sun has been and will continue to be. Just aim right at it!
7:46 PM - 15 Nov 2018
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