Stood still

[billwald]

(since Einstein and others) "The sun stood still" is a meaningless observation without specifying a reference point.

The earth does not revolve around the sun. They revolve around each other. Same with earth and moon.

 

[one love]

YOu mean before Einstein and others?

What makes you say this? Any links?
So how long would it take the sun to revolve around the earth?

So we can't use other stars as a reference point?

 

[Mongoose]

YOu mean before Einstein and others?

What makes you say this? Any links?
So how long would it take the sun to revolve around the earth?

So we can't use other stars as a reference point?

If I'm not mistaken, she is referring to the fact that two bodies actually revolve around their center of gravity, rather than one body revolving around the other. Incidentally, in terms of the sun and the earth, this center of gravity happens to be very close to the center of the sun, so it more or less appears that the earth revolves around the sun. To answer your second question, the sun would then naturally move around the earth at the same rate as the earth moves around the sun--a year.

It's hardly a useful analysis of the biblical phrase "the sun stood still," however.