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How stable is the Earth's orbit?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Effects of Fusion on the Earth's Orbit

The sun loses four million tons of mass every second. Over the lifetime of the sun that only adds up to like the mass of Saturn which is a tiny tiny fraction of the mass of the sun. Every year the sun loses enough mass so the earth's orbit gets larger by about a centimeter and a half every year because the sun's gravity is getting weaker.

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