Horace, In terms of conservation of angular momentum and Newtonian gravity the total angular momentum of the Sun-Earth system is conserved.
Harry On 4/5/2007 12:38 AM, Horace Heffner wrote: > > On May 3, 2007, at 2:46 PM, Michel Jullian wrote: > >> You're welcome Horace. Your calculation of the torque effect seemed >> sound to me, I can't remember how I had done it at the time. > > There still seems to be something way wrong from a Newtonian > viewpoint. The gravitational force is linear between the sun and > earth. There is no angular momentum component to the sun's > gravitational field, at least from a Newtonian viewpoint. And yet, a > change in angular momentum of the earth results when precession > occurs, and further it depends on the initial earth angular momentum, > the angular velocity of the bulge. No rotation, no precession. And > yet the gravitons, if such exist, leaving the sun, have no way of > "knowing" in advance if the earth is rotating or not. The Newtonian > gravitational field of the sun doesn't change it's effect on earth > depending on whether earth rotates or not. Conversely, from a > Newtonian standpoint, the gravitational field of the earth acting > upon the sun differs not depending on whether the earth rotates or > not, or sun rotates or not. Newton falls apart utterly. This is > apparently not an action-equal-reaction situation. Angular momentum > appears not to be conserved instantaneously from a Newtonian > viewpoint when the earth rotates and thus precesses. So much for > assuming a mass exists at its center of mass too, for calculation > purposes. It seems to me gravimagnetics or some other invention is > essential to restore conservation of angular momentum, at least on an > instantaneous basis. > > Regards, > > Horace Heffner >
