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I subtracted the acceleration of gravity (5.92E-3 from the acceleration of the sunlight 6.79E-3 to yield a net positive outward acceleration of 8.7E-4 m/s^2.

You'll see from the article that those are the figures for a 1 micron particle. Givining a ratio of aolar accelartaion/sun gravity of 1.17, greater than 1 so particles in a comet tail are swept away from the sun.

For a earth size object the ratio is 1.63 x 10^-14. less than one, so the sun's gravity is able to hold the Earth in a stable orbit. The effect of the solar acceleration is to reduce the gravitational attraction ever so slightly.

Which actully means that the orbit is closer to the sun (maybe by a few millimetres) than it would be if the outward solar aceleration was ignored in calculating from the orbital velocity.

Dear Oztrich Boy,

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Which actully means that the orbit is closer to the sun (maybe by a few millimetres) than it would be if the outward solar aceleration was ignored in calculating from the orbital velocity

Agreed, my numbers are similar. BUT your number is only for a second. You have to integrate this effect over a billion years, because IF the Earth was a billion years old than it would have been effected by this force for a billion years, RIGHT ? Take whatever positive acceleration/force number you came up with and integrate it (or multiply it if you assume it is constant in time) over a billion years using classic physics and you will be ASTOUNDED by the result of this tiny little force working over a billion years.

You see in order for the orbit to remain constant over a billion years this acceleration force must be exactly 0, highly IMPROBABLE if not impossible. Any other number and the Earth would spiral out of orbit.

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Let's hope this guy doesn't do anything technical for a living. I would hate to have him do a safety estimate or work on mass-transit design or do a medical experiments.

However, I predict that no creationists will criticize the obvious math mistakes.