Jeff, I think you have those two backwards.
Or perhaps they have simply made half a revolution around the axis of correctness.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
O.k., sorry guys, but the old engineer geek in me feels compelled to clear up some terminology for you. A body "rotates" about an external axis - the moon "rotates" around the earth. A body "revolves" around it's own internal axis - the earth revolves once per day around its own axis.
I guess this brings out the shooting geek in me as well - there are no "rotaters", only "revolvers".
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