The Moon's Orbit is WEIRD
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A minutephysics explainer showing that the Moon's path around the Sun is not a spiral but closer to a 12-sided polygon with curved corners. It argues the Moon arguably orbits the Sun rather than the Earth.
Why HN recommends it: HN links it whenever the Moon's orbit comes up, as a concise explanation of why the Moon always curves toward the Sun.
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