On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 2:53:23 PM UTC, Don Kuenz wrote:
oriel36 wrote:
So let's see where NASA is at in understanding the Earth -
"The Earth spins on its axis about 366 and 1/4 times each year, but
there are only 365 and 1/4 days per year. This is because we define a
day not based on the Earth's period of rotation, but based on the
average time from noon one day to noon the next. Gradually over the
course of a year the Sun appears to go 'backwards' (West to East)
around the Earth compared to the far away stars (this is because we
are really going around the Sun). Subtracting this 1 time backwards
from the 366 and 1/4 times forward, we get the typical 365 and 1/4
days per year." NASA
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/as...rs/970714.html
I don't know what people have against the actual architecture where
the apparent motion of Sirius along the ecliptic and behind the glare
of the Sun fixes the Earth's orbital position in space with its first
appearance. The drift backwards into the Sun's glare by a 6 hour
amount of orbital motion with each 365 day cycle accumulates to an
entire rotation after 4 circuits hence the appearance skips a day.
Does anyone know of a publicly accessible website that provides a daily
log of Sun and/or Sirius sightings (positions)? TIA.
Yes,sure, it is thousands of years old and the only accurate one presently -
" on account of the precession of the rising of Sirius by one day in the course of 4 years.. therefore it shall be, that the year of 360 days and the 5 days added to their end, so one day shall be from this day after every 4 years added to the 5 epagomenae before the New Year" Canopus Decree
The orbital position of the Earth is fixed in space by that observation as Sirius runs parallel with the ecliptic motion of our planet and temporarily vanishes from sight as it becomes lost in the glare of the central Sun.
The endeavor of the people of NASA and any other organization or individual is to give people back the principles which tie timekeeping to planetary dynamics.People are not unthinking robots but can enjoy the spectacle as it is handed to them as they observe the motion of Sirius over an extended period from the surface or a graphic showing it from a distance. The sequence of images show Elnath,Castor and Pollox disappear behind the Sun and the orbital motion of the Earth that causes the spectacle -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=MdFrE7hWj0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeQwYrfmvoQ
This forum is the first to see the architecture of timekeeping and planetary dynamics mesh and separate as it truly exists and using tools that the flawed empiricists never had. Time to act like people who live in the 21st century instead of being stuck in the late 17th.
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Don Kuenz