[asa] Re: [asa] geocentricity

Merv wrote:

My point was that, with regard to celestial mechanics, some choices
are vastly simpler mathematically than others. And I know that ‘simpler’
doesn’t equal ‘proven’, but it does often (and especially in this case)
equal ‘almost certainly closer to reality’.

Some people enjoy calculating Christoffel symbols. George
appears to be one of them. :-)

Actually, I doubt that modern geocentrist would use them,
as that would only tend to prove that the earth is not at the
center of the universe. But maybe you could use them as
"correction factors".

by Grace we proceed,
Wayne (ASA)

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Received on Fri Jul 6 19:16:06 2007