On Oct 17, 1:33*pm, (Steve Willner) wrote:

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So, here we have guys from Harvard and JPL and they are standing on a
planet with a specific set of values for size and rotational speeds
yet these highly paid individuals can't come to terms with the basic
facts of our own planet and specifically the maximum equatorial speed
of 1037.5 miles per hour or for 15 degrees of rotation -

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/as...s/970401c.html

It is astonishing that they cannot follow the dictates of the 24 hour
AM/PM system and the Lat/Long system which determines that our
planet,do you hear,our planet turns at a rate of 15 degrees per hour
as an assertion derived through very specific references and none of
which involve VLBI and a rotating celestial sphere of Ra/Dec.

Never has the world witnessed such a scam and a very expensive one
that has brought all science into disrepute.