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Originally Posted by ATDrake

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Chris McMullen says he's a Ph.D and a physics and astronomy instructor at Northwestern State University in Louisiana. He encourages you to use his book for education, and given that apparently there was a survey done not too long ago which showed that 55% of adult Americans polled were unaware that the earth revolved around the sun and last year's poll indicated that MR had 31% responding US resident membership, chances are good that 17% of you either could benefit from this or know someone who might: Basic Astronomy Concepts Everyone Should Know (With Space Photos)
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Yeah, but even in the States, MR membership skews to the brighter half. I'd bet more than half of us know about that whole Earth-Sun thing.