[VadeRetro]

. . . to the artistic view of showing them on edgewise.

That's not too goofy a straw to be grasped at. But I don't see gore apologizing to Junior over the following just because it's long overdue:

Where did you go to school? The orbits of the planets are wildly elliptical. Some of the planets that we think of as nearer to the sun are at times further out than those we consider farther from the sun. You clearly do not know beans about astronomy.

[RadioAstronomer]

I agree! As I have stated a couple of time before, if I make a mistake here on the boards, I WANT to be corrected. Not only so I can learn, but so others can learn from my mistake also. (And I have made my share of doozies LOL!) Yes I would think an apology is in order too.