Horace Heffner wrote: > ... >>>> "The third motion in inclination is consequently required. This >>>> also is >>>> a yearly revolution, but it occurs in the reverse order of the >>>> signs, >>>> that is, in the direction opposite to that of the motion of the >>>> center. >>>> > > > The above just talks about the apparent slight daily apparent > retrograde motion of the stars due to the difference in the sidereal > day (23 h 56 m 4.1 s) vs the solar day. This is merely an aspect of > the earth rotating around the sun in the ecliptic. See: > > http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/SiderealDay.html > > The apparent motion of the stars is thus in the opposite direction of > the sun's motion, because at the same solar time very day the earth > has rotated a an extra 4 minutes so the overhead position has > advanced relative to the stars - making the stars appear to move > retrograde (backwards in relation to the sun's movement.) > > This is just a ramification of the earth moving in the ecliptic. >
And that is is an interpretation. Look, these are matters of interpretation, and also of personal choice, to a certain extent. And that's very important. I don't have all the answers, nor do I pretend to have them. In fact, this is an ongoing research project for me. One which interests me particularly. Instead of denying that the Sun is moving, I would like to understand that movement accurately, and also its causes. I have provided some clues that can keep someone researching and thinking for months, literally. That's the important aspect of all this, as I see it. Best regards, Mauro > > >>>> These two motions are opposite in direction and nearly equal in >>>> period. >>>> The result is that the earth’s axis and equator, the largest of the >>>> parallels of latitude on it, face almost the same portion of the >>>> heavens, just as if they remained motionless. >>>> > > > This says that the plane of the earth's motion (the ecliptic) is > almost fixed in relation to the fixed stars, and thus so are the > poles of the ecliptic. This is just a non-geocentric description of > the plane of the ecliptic. > > > > > >>>> Meanwhile the sun >>>> seems to >>>> move through the obliquity of the ecliptic with the motion of the >>>> earth’s center, as though this were the center of the universe. Only >>>> remember that, in relation to the sphere of the fixed stars, the >>>> distance between the sun and the earth vanishes from our sight >>>> forthwith." >>>> >>>> >>> To me this just means: the sun appears to move on the ecliptic >>> because the earth moves around the sun in the plane of the ecliptic, >>> and the stars do not appear to move because the distance to the sun >>> is miniscule in comparison to the distance to the stars. >>> >>> >> That's only the last part of it. I recommend you to read it again. >> It is >> also convenient to read the previous passages also. >> >> Best regards, >> Mauro >> >> > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > > > >
