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Old February 23rd 13, 03:41 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
oriel36[_2_]
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On Feb 23, 1:42*am, palsing wrote:
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.


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