Learning Basic Astronomy

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AS A PUBLIC SERVICE to newcomers and other interested visitors
to astronomy newsgroups I've put aside my natural contempt for
the "amateurs" and "avoiders" who clutter up these fine groups
with their mouldy tripe, just so that independent readers like
you can learn the truth about how ancient stargazers could see
the progressive motion of the planets in the night sky, and as
a result of watching the night sky over mere decades were able
to easily deduce the following facts about the visible planets:

Fact #1: The planets obviously orbit the Sun.
The further out from the Sun that a
planet is in orbit, then the longer
it takes for the planet to orbit it.

Fact #2: Mercury and Venus are closer to the
Sun in their respective orbits than
Earth is in her orbit about the Sun.

Fact #3: Mercury orbits the Sun a lot faster
than Venus orbits the Sun and Venus
orbits the Sun faster than Earth or-
bits the Sun. This is equally plain
to see for anyone observing the sky
then keeping track by counting days
between repetitive planetary motion
on regular occasion for a few years.

Fact #4: Mars is further from the Sun in its
orbit than Earth is, and Jupiter is
further from the Sun than Mars, and
Saturn is further away than Jupiter,
and all are in orbit around the Sun.

Fact #5: Uranus is barely visible to mans un-
aided eye if you know exactly where
and when to look for it, and seeing
conditions are ideal, as in ancient
times before light pollution & smog,
as in dry, desert-like environments.
By such observations it was obvious
that Uranus is further from the Sun
than Saturn is, with a longer orbit
of some 84 years compared to 29 1/2
years for Saturn's orbit of the Sun.

There's a plethora of obvious conclusions that are
drawn from these self-evident and observable facts,
all of which were drawn by ancient stargazers--and
then some--but the underlying point is made. It is
impossible that ancient astronomers could not have
known that the planets orbit the Sun, nor could've
these same ancient observers not've have known the
Earth is general spherical in shape and not "flat".

That's all. I've written books on the subject, but
I leave it to the reader to read what I've written,
otherwise you're stuck with prevailing unawareness,
and the advantage academia has taken upon yourself.

Very Truly Yours,
Daniel Joseph Min

*Min's Accusations Against Copernicus:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...amesh-frog.org

*Min's Planetary Awareness Technique (chapters 1 thru 6):
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...amesh-frog.org

*Min's Official PGP Public Key on the MIT server:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...amesh-frog.org

*Min's Home Page On The World Wide Web:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...amesh-frog.org

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