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To: Dan Day
"Since the Sun ISN'T ACTUALLY MOVING, its gravity signature, and even its visual appearance via light, REMAIN THE SAME whether we're seeing it as it was a nanosecond ago, 8.3 minutes ago, or six months ago -- from *any* vantage point."

Except, our Sun IS moving. Our entire Solar System is hurtling through space. The planets simply happen to be doing all of their hurtling at the precise same speed as our Sun, even as our planets revolve around said Sun. Moreover, our entire Galaxy is moving through our universe.

The Sun simply does not sit still, contrary to your claim above.

79 posted on 01/08/2003 12:24:25 AM PST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Southack
Our entire Solar System is hurtling through space. The planets simply happen to be doing all of their hurtling at the precise same speed as our Sun, even as our planets revolve around said Sun. Moreover, our entire Galaxy is moving through our universe.

The Sun simply does not sit still, contrary to your claim above.

Uh, oh! Looks like somebody's forgotten that all motion is relative.

80 posted on 01/08/2003 3:46:49 AM PST by Physicist (In other words, there's no absolute frame of reference.)
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