[LeGrande]

Your little experiment does not prove where the actual position of the Sun is.

It only proves that the Earth is either turning or being orbited.

Are you denying that the second stake is pointing to where the Sun actually was when you placed the first stake that pointed to the apparent position of the Sun?

[Fichori]

“Are you denying that the second stake is pointing to where the Sun actually was when you placed the first stake that pointed to the apparent position of the Sun?”

Unless someone you don't believe in moves the Sun 2.1° between measurements, then yes, I dispute your alleged 2.1°.

I will assert that anytime you drive a stake into the ground pointing at the apparent position of the Sun, it will be pointing within 21 arcseconds of the Suns actual position.(Not considering atmospheric refraction.)


I asked you a couple of questions in 1980, and you havn't answered them, so I'll ask them again.

You have already admitted that the optical(apparent) and gravitational(actual) positions are essentially the same for an observer on the north poll.

You have adamantly asserted that that this alleged 2.1° difference between the actual and observed position of the Sun is entirely due to the rotation of the Earth.

The only differences between the equator and the north poll are the surface speed and the transverse movement relative to the Sun.

What causes the 2.1°.
Surface speed or transverse movement.

Well, how about it?