Guest guest Posted September 18, 1999 Report Share Posted September 18, 1999 > Every grade schooler knows that the earth is some 93 million miles from > the sun, whilst the moon is only about 250,000 miles from the earth. No-one has proven that so far. The scientists only have formulas (assuming that the distance between earth and sun is 93 million miles) by which they can calculate the position of the sun in the sky. But the scientists themselves can prove that these formulas are inaccurate. And who says that what we see is really the sun and the moon, and not only the 'shadows' (the images in our 3-dimensional world) of sun and moon. > Just as Ptolemy could only maintain the geo-centric view by postulating > complicated planetary epicyclic motions, whereas much simpler planetary > paths are derived from a sun-centric system. Both systems give exactly the same formulas, which cannot be solved 100% accurately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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