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Old January 21st 18, 04:56 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Gerald Kelleher
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Default Hapax legomenon

It is perhaps one of the loveliest passages found in one of the books in the Bible -

"Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?, Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?, Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?"

The proof of the Earth's motion is inherently contained in that masterpiece of a poem -

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage...38&version=KJV


Unlike celestial sphere rotation, a star comes in season alone the line of the orbital plane of the Earth so even though the ancient astronomers saw a star rise with the Sun, the transition from a star from an evening appearance to a morning appearance was dramatic . The first seasonal appearance of the star still marks the orbital position of the Earth, a lovely present day insight meshing with an ancient text -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeQwYrfmvoQ