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To: ColdWater; mrjesse
“So where do the 8.3 minutes and 2.1° fit in?”
“I guess it is back to the basics to relieve you from your confused state. It takes about 8.3 seconds for the light to travel from the sun to earth. In that 8.3 seconds the earth rotates approximately 2.1 degrees.”
(Did you mean 8.3 minutes?)

And in 12 hours, the Earth rotates 180°

Are you saying there is a 2.1° separation between the Suns apparent position and its gravitational pull?

Can you back that up with a reputable source?
1,374 posted on 09/19/2008 10:42:41 AM PDT by Fichori (ironic: adj. 1 Characterized by or constituting irony. 2 Obamy getting beat up by a girl.)
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To: Fichori

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberration_of_light


1,376 posted on 09/19/2008 10:50:23 AM PDT by ColdWater
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To: Fichori
Are you saying there is a 2.1° separation between the Suns apparent position and its gravitational pull?

No. I am saying that the component in the change in apparent position due to the earth's rotation is approximately 2.1 degrees.

1,380 posted on 09/19/2008 11:00:32 AM PDT by ColdWater
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To: Fichori
(Did you mean 8.3 minutes?)

Now using MINUTES it makes more sense mathmatically!

1,482 posted on 09/20/2008 4:51:23 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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