[Fichori]

LeGrande:

I just had a thought.

You’ve been trying to tell us about how the apparent position of the sun is not its actual position.

If you could give us a link to some peer-reviewed scientific journal that is available online that describes this phenomenon there is a chance that we would understand it better.

Sometimes having different people conveying the same idea but with different words and phrases makes it more understandable.

Thanks.

[LeGrande]

If you could give us a link to some peer-reviewed scientific journal that is available online that describes this phenomenon there is a chance that we would understand it better.

I doubt there is a peer reviewed scientific journal that exclusively discusses this. I think ever since it was discovered that light wasn't instantaneous the principle has been accepted.

I do have a quote that pertains to the original point that I brought up and describes the phenomena, and makes my point : )

http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath249/kmath249.htm

"and therefore the Earth's gravitational acceleration should always point directly toward the Sun's position at the present instant, rather than (say) the Sun's position eight minutes ago."

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

[Fichori to LeGrande] You’ve been trying to tell us about how the apparent position of the sun is not its actual position. If you could give us a link to some peer-reviewed scientific journal that is available online that describes this phenomenon there is a chance that we would understand it better.

If it were true that the actual position of the moon is 2.1 degrees away from the apparent position of the Sun during a solar eclipse, you would think that someone would have mentioned it somewhere.