Try to wrap your mind around this.

[Dexter]

And I am absolutely stunned that you are insisting that you can scientifically do that which an accomplished physicist has said is purely philosophical.

Please show me where he or anybody else that you named has said that we cannot prove the Earth revolves around the Sun.

[GourmetDan]

Please show me where he said that we cannot prove the Earth revolves around the Sun.

Oh... ya got me...

[Oceander]

Less than 5000 miles to spare out of an average 238,555 miles.

Pretty cool.  I wonder if that's just coincidence or if there are some subtle aspects of orbital mechanics at work here.

[aligncare]

Pretty cool.  I wonder if that's just coincidence or if there are some subtle aspects of orbital mechanics at work here.

If it is more than coincidence, I think one factor would have to do with the sun's mass and its consequent gravitational attraction on debris that was present as our planetary system became organized around it.

[Dexter]

All of this made me curious about what kind of distance a monster like Jupiter could hold a moon at.

Pasiphae

Mean Distance from Jupiter - 23,500,000 km (14,602,223 miles)

Wow...