[GourmetDan]

"So then, what force offsets the gravitational force that the Sun exerts upon the Earth such that the reality is turned on its head and the massive object of the Sun is brought under the sway of the relatively tiny object of the Earth?"

Do you realize that the moon exerts twice the gravitational force on the earth that the sun does?

[allmendream]

“Do you realize that the moon exerts twice the gravitational force on the earth that the sun does?” GourmetDan

Wow. Your really going to have to show me your work on that one. Are you even using Newton or do you have some Biblical interpretation you are deriving your numbers from?

Newton gives...

Force of Gravity F= (G m1 m2)/r^2

where G is the gravitational constant, m1 and m2 are the masses and r^2 is the distance between the two masses.

Mass of Earth = 5.9*10^24 kg
Mass of Moon = 7.3*10^22 kg
Mass of Sun = 2*10^30 kg
Earth Moon distance = 3.8*10^8 m
Earth Sun distance = 1.5*10^11 m

Using that formula one cannot help but notice that the gravity between the Sun and Earth is one hundred and seventy times greater than between the Moon and Earth.

Earth Sun gravity = 3.5*10^22 Newtons
Earth Moon gravity = 2.0*10^20 Newtons

Twice as much? Seems you have it backwards and the Sun Earth gravity is ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TIMES AS STRONG.

I guess it is back to the drawing board for your funny Geocentric model.

[jimmyray]

Do you realize that the moon exerts twice the gravitational force on the earth that the sun does?

???

Maybe this shpuld have been qualified, or explained or something. Simple Newtonian physics won't support that assertion.