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Old January 6th 12, 12:31 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
oriel36[_2_]
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Default A most important equation

To the nearest rotation,the correspondence between 1461 days and 4
years in equating to 1461 rotations in 4 orbital circuits is the most
notable and familiar in all science.The upcoming 24 hours of rotation
that is February 29th ties in with 4 orbital circuits built around
1461 days/1461 rotations even if the details are not immediately
recognizable.

They made a mistake in the late 17th century which led to an unseemly
imbalance between rotations and days equating to 4 years/4 orbital
circuits -

"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. " Goddard Space Flight
Center

The resulting 1465 rotations in 1461 days no longer equates to 4
orbital circuits and is at variance with all known
principles,methods,insights,inventions and discoveries which are
designed around the equivalency between days/years and rotations/
orbital circuits and most notably the work of John Harrison and the
marine chronometer.

The mistake does not appear intentional as it was created around an
equivalency between daily rotation and stellar circumpolar motion yet
it has snowballed and colors just about everything that relates to
astronomy and the terrestrial sciences and that color is grey.I have
watched this forum disintegrate,for whatever reasons there is a type
of herd mentality which knows when to withdraw and nobody can claim
that spam is the cause as only 25 messages separate this one in
January from a message in July last year.

I would like to think that although the error expanded through Royal
Society empiricism,its origins are with the Royal observatory and
there it must be dealt with effectively and decisively for nothing
could be worse than an imbalance between rotations and days as it
applies to the calendar convenience and the natural format based on
planetary dynamics from which it emerged.Unlike the efforts to restore
a balance after the Piltdown Man hoax,this necessary correction cannot
wait 40 years or for those whoes reputations and careers are at stake
die or move on,this is actually asking those people to willingly take
up the challenge of correcting a mistake that got out of hand.





 




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