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Old February 23rd 13, 01:42 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:51:03 PM UTC-8, oriel36 wrote:

You poor soul interpreted the orbital

turning of Uranus to the central Sun as a changing perspective due to

the orbital motion of the Earth but I assure you that Uranus will

continue to turn a full 360 degrees over the next 8 decades.


No, it won't, wrt the fixed stars. Yes, it will, wrt the Sun. You have a big problem with perspective, which is nothing new, you just don't 'get it' at all.