To: LeGrande
Please tell me the difference between what an observer on a stationary Earth with the Sun orbiting the Earth every 24 hours or if both the Earthand the Sun are stationary except that the Earth is rotating every 24 hours, sees?
An observer standing on a stationary, non-rotating Earth with the Sun orbiting the Earth every 24 hours would see:
1: A laser ring gyro reporting ZERO rotation.
2: A gravity sensor pointing ~2.1° ahead of the optical position of the Sun.
An observer standing on a stationary Earth, rotating 360° per 24 hours looking at a stationary Sun will would see:
1: A laser ring gyro reporting a rotation of 360° per 24 hours.
2: A gravity sensor pointing within 8.88888889 × 10-5° of the optical position of the Sun.
LeGrande, now its your turn:
Do you thin that,
If the Sun and Earth were perfectly motionless in space, except the Earth was rotating 360° every 24 hours, would (at high noon, sans the atmosphere) the optical image of the Sun be lagged 2.1° behind its gravitational pull?
1,414 posted on
09/19/2008 2:06:39 PM PDT by
Fichori
(ironic: adj. 1 Characterized by or constituting irony. 2 Obamy getting beat up by a girl.)
To: Fichori
Do you thin that, If the Sun and Earth were perfectly motionless in space, except the Earth was rotating 360° every 24 hours, would (at high noon, sans the atmosphere) the optical image of the Sun be lagged 2.1° behind its gravitational pull? Yes, up to 2.1 degrees.
To: Fichori
If the Sun and Earth were perfectly motionless in space,False assumption.
To: Fichori
An observer standing on a stationary, non-rotating Earth with the Sun orbiting the EarthI see you have not done the homework assignment I gave you last night.
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