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Listener questions about alien tech, the Earth's orbit and its future!

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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What's the Force of All That Sunlight?

So far we're still in orbit around the sun. As far as i know, we haven't been blown out of the solar system. And so i guess the question is, why is that? You know, like, why doesn't all that sunlight push us out yet? Because the earth is pretty big, right? The effective force of all that sunlight is one billion newtons,. That's more than ten to ten times bigger than the force of the earth as a solar sal was. It makes me think of that hole, like infinite monkeys room, you know, typing out hamlet.

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