Mercury today

The means by which the motions of the other planets are discerned as they move around the Sun depends on whether they are moving faster or slower than we are or have greater circles of motion.

The hapless empiricist is locked in a view of what the planets look like from the Sun and therefore miss all those images which ask the observer to apply their judgments seen from a moving Earth. The empiricist draws their notion from Newton who tried to imagine what the planets looked like from the Sun thereby cutting his followers off from the reasoning which occupied and should still occupy astronomers.

Relative speeds between the faster moving Earth moving in a smaller circuit from the outer planets which moving slower in their greater orbital circumferences -

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0112/JuSa2000_tezel.gif

Falling temporarily behind in view as the faster Earth overtakes these outer planets,this was the perspective that Copernicus used to set the Earth in motion in the minds of men but the problem of the motion of the inner planets remained due to the dominance of predictive astronomy.

There is no great secret to the motion of the inner planets as they run faster and in smaller circuits than the Earth, once the phases were sorted by Galileo it was a matter of waiting for 21st century imaging to provide a clearer perspective that all should enjoy -

http://www.popastro.com/images/plane...ary%202012.jpg

The evening appearances are to the left of the Sun as seen from a slower moving Earth while they change to a morning appearance as they move to the right of the Sun with Mercury about to make that transition -

http://www.theplanetstoday.com/

They say the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom but in truth that 'fear' is merely venturing into the vast celestial arena to appreciate that we play no part in the symphony of motions but admire them all the same. The newness is for young and old but has a touch of courage to it in leaving behind things that entertain those who know their limits. So many left the forum on this account because it takes many of the better human traits to leave behind old habits and perceptions behind as all Christians are supposed to do in matters of inspiration -

"It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe.� John

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage...&version=NABRE

For whatever reason the dull of mind can't link inspiration with spirit whether it considered a religious term or not.

On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 6:14:41 PM UTC+1, Gerald Kelleher wrote:
http://www.theplanetstoday.com/

Are you sure that was the link you wanted? Quote:

NEW : Precession Added

For flash users, we now show the precession of the Earth's axis. As time goes by the direction the poles point changes and we now show that on our display. It moves in a slow circle taking about 25,700 years to complete a revolution. The most noticeable effect is that the zodiac (which is linked to the Earth's tilt) moves around with time.

There's a wonderful documentary on tv about a day in hospitals across the nation and the people involved in making and keeping a nation healthy and it is so amazing what these people do.

Then there is this.

On Monday, 5 September 2016 19:14:41 UTC+2, Gerald Kelleher wrote:

For whatever reason the dull of mind can't link inspiration with spirit whether it considered a religious term or not.

In the absence of any other excuse I am sometimes inclined to believe that an excess of spirits may be your true blinder to the simplest of realities.

BTW:I have a money saving offer on two sticks for the price of one. Only available until the end of the week. Twice the accuracy of one unless you can sit perfectly still for 23 hours 56 minutes and 04 seconds. You'll have to beg, steal or borrow the watch.

The inane always wade into these threads but then again it is an unmoderated Usenet forum.

Prying a watch/ loose from their hands so they can enjoy the Sun coming into view each dawn and the stars after twilight as the Earth turns once each day doesn't register but then again these threads are for people who know they are entering an expansive era where imaging rules once more after centuries of jingoistic nonsense which serves no purpose.

Unlike the last time when Mercury in its quicker and smaller circuit moved passed the Earth and in front of the Sun there was much media coverage unlike this time when it goes almost unnoticed -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gibaxh9x7O0

One of the great human advancements is predicting where Mercury is at a particular date and time using the 24 hour system in tandem with the 365/366 day calendar system however these systems have their limits for reasons that should be obvious. The same goes with watches and a rotating celestial sphere.

On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 1:18:00 PM UTC+1, Gerald Kelleher wrote:
One of the great human advancements is predicting where Mercury is at a particular date and time

Indeed, well done Albert Einstein!

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php...ion_of_Mercury

On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 2:46:27 PM UTC+1, wrote:
On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 1:18:00 PM UTC+1, Gerald Kelleher wrote:
One of the great human advancements is predicting where Mercury is at a particular date and time

Indeed, well done Albert Einstein!

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php...ion_of_Mercury

Einstein is of no consequence however Sir Isaac is in that his spiel was not defining time but rather dithering around with timekeeping and a clockwork solar system which fits inside the 24 hour system and the calendar system..

"Absolute time, in astronomy, is distinguished from relative, by the equation of time. For the natural days are truly unequal, though they are commonly considered as equal and used for a measure of time; astronomers correct this inequality for their more accurate deducing of the celestial motions...The necessity of which equation, for determining the times of a phænomenon, is evinced as well from the experiments of the pendulum clock, as by eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter." Principia

Quite amazing that the science fiction narrative of relativity ends in an unmoderated Usenet forum but there it is anyway. The upshot is that explaining the twin rotations behind the variations in the natural noon cycle and where it meshes with timekeeping has yet to make it into wider circulation but it has been explained here for a number of years.

If you can manage to convince yourself that Newton is not expressing the Equation of Time then good luck to you, you join many unimaginative like you in a forced fed narrative that is long since past its shelf life.