[LeGrande]

Fixed by what? I thought you said there were no third bodies. And what is it that propels the Sun around the Earth in a circular orbit at 11,000 km/s? There must be some kind of supposition behind that. Is it magic?

I take it you have never heard of a thought experiment. Did you read this quotation that fichori requested?

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]

I take it you have never heard of a thought experiment.

So then, it is your thoughts that propel the Sun around the Earth at 11,000 km/s.

[mrjesse]

I take it you have never heard of a thought experiment. Did you read this quotation that fichori requested?



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."

You're totally confused here. That article is talking about the gravitational angles between the sun and earth as the earth orbits the sun (Not as the earth turns per day!) and furthermore that article does not even mention light except as a speed when referring to the speed or a propagation of a field or disturbance. It never actually mentions light itself once!

The issue that the article is discussing is whether the gravitational pull between the sun and the earth, as the latter orbits the former, is directly between them or lagged due to the earth's path around the sun. It's not even talking about earth's rotation! And when it refers to 8 minutes of lag, it's not talking about 8 minutes of earth rotation, it's talking about 8 minutes time worth of movement in the earths path around the sun!

To try and appropriate that statement out of context and infer that it is talking about the earth's rotation is either dishonest or ignorant.

My only question to you about that is didn't you read it, didn't you understand it, or did you know it wasn't related and were you hoping I wouldn't notice?

-Jesse