Bob Officer wrote:
On 5 May 2006 23:42:01 -0700, in alt.astronomy, "Double-A"
wrote:



"Evidence Mounts For Sun's Companion Star"

"The Binary Research Institute (BRI)

Is a front/shill site, to sell books and materials by the author.
19.95 list price for a book which basically cites other authors
trying to round up myths and half truths.

Here is one fact the author and the supporters of a binaries system
never mention. If the binary companion was a black hole, the jets of
material and the surrounding disks of infalling material would be
very noticeable in just about any telescopes of binoculars, if not
the
second brightest object in the sky...

snip


"But with Dr. Brown's recent discoveries of Sedna and Xena, (now
confirmed to be larger than Pluto), and timing observations like
Cruttenden's, the search for a companion star may be gaining momentum."

The Binary Research Institute
http://www.binaryresearchinstitute.org/
and
'Lost Star' web site
http://www.loststarbook.com/index.shtml
Use circular referencing, since they appear to be owned and
maintained by the same group of people, it appear there is a matter
of an attempted deception on their part.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0424180559.htm

If you look, This is a news Release by BRI.
I wonder if a check with Professor Richard Muller at UC Berkeley and
Dr. Daniel Whitmire of the University of Louisiana agreed to allow
their "suggestion", or worked in connection/conjunction/colaberation
with BRI? IS this also a false endorsement? another attempt at
deception?


The following contains both true information and false information.
If make no separation between Brown's findings, and Cruttenden's
supposition. It tries to imply that Cruttenden and Brown worked
together.

"The recent discovery of Sedna, a small planet like object first
detected by Cal Tech astronomer Dr. Michael Brown, provides what
could be indirect physical evidence of a solar companion. "

However I doubt Brown made that statement that finding Sedna implies
anything of the sort...

"Matching the recent findings by Dr. Brown, showing that Sedna moves
in a highly unusual elliptical orbit,"

This could be an accurate statement, only if Cruttenden reduced the
data in findings...

" Cruttenden has determined that Sedna moves in resonance with
previously published orbital data for a hypothetical companion star."

and hear you see who actually this article is about. Cruttenden's
work and his findings... But then he is really wrong.

sigh

Double-A you failed to observe Rule Six and Rule Five.

Rule Five: Read and understand who is writing, and why?
Rule Six: Not every web site and every news release is accurate or
valid.
Rule Seven: Verify people claiming or implying endorsements actually
have the right to claim those endorsements.

--
Ak'toh'di


Did I endorse this article?

No, only quoted from it and didn't even comment on it.

I just threw it out for discussion and critiquing, which I see you've
done a fine job of doing.

I try not to quote from downright crankish sources, but I didn't think
Science Daily was.

Double-A