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To: LeGrande; mrjesse
What difference does it make whether the sun rotates around the earth or the earth spins?

For one, if the Sun was revolving around the Earth every 24 hours, it would have to do so at 11,000 km/s in a circular orbit. Among the differences -- not the least of which is that this is dynamically impossible -- the speed of the Sun would be 11/300ths of the speed of light, and the corresponding relativistic contraction of the Sun would be 1.8 minutes of arc, which would be easily seen.

And the Earth can't just be sitting there spinning. It has to be orbiting the Sun. Regardless, you can deduce obvious differences with respect to the motion of the Sun against the constellations. But I bet the rest of the universe is not allowed in this pointless atheist exercise.

557 posted on 07/10/2008 7:41:12 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Darwinism!)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
the speed of the Sun would be 11/300ths of the speed of light, and the corresponding relativistic contraction of the Sun would be 1.8 minutes of arc, which would be easily seen.

LOL Whose arc? Are you still claiming that we see the sun where it actually is? Are my questions that hard to answer?

Regardless, you can deduce obvious differences with respect to the motion of the Sun against the constellations. But I bet the rest of the universe is not allowed in this pointless atheist exercise.

The point of a two body model is to simplify everything as much as possible, and reduce the number of variables.

Can you explain to me, how the sun, planets and the moon are exactly where you see them, when you know that everything is in motion and it takes time for light to reach our eyes? Does everything stop and wait in your universe until the light hits your eyes?

559 posted on 07/10/2008 8:31:12 AM PDT by LeGrande
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