On 17 Jun, 05:16, oriel36 wrote:
the genuine belief among
empiricists that they actually can justify axial rotation in 23 hours
56 minutes 04 seconds because they can see a star returning back to a
observed location in that time.Aaarrr, Jim lad,were it only that
simple.


Of course it could be that you are correct and thousands of
professional and amateur astronomers are wrong.

However until you can be bothered to publish a detailed explanation of
your theories in a peer reviewed journal I am inclined to believe the
majority.