Re: SR's velocity addition -- ANY Experimental Evidence?

From: Myxococcus xanthus (mold-guardian_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: 27 Aug 2004 02:06:24 -0700

"Paul B. Andersen" <paul.b.andersen@hia.no> wrote in message news:<cglkvq$276$1@dolly.uninett.no>...

> > Paul, has is not occurred to you that when the star is furthest away, we are
> > seeing the sunny side.
> > When it is close, we see the dark side.
> >
> > Is the Earth's surface cooler at night than in the daytime?
> >
> > If as I suspect, the second star is a large warm giant that contributes
> > little
> > to the brightness curve, then this would completely explain the phenomenon
> > you
> > mention.
>
> You did it again, Henry!
> You invented an even more stupid "explanation" than the last one!
> Well done. :-)
>
> > Please tell me the phase relationship between the supposed temperate changes
> > and the brightnes variation.

For Henry's benefit, reflection effects are well-known and accounted
for in modelling the brightness curves of close binary stars.

Henry isn't TOTALLY an idiot. But like Ivory Soap, 99 44/100% pure is
awfully close...

Myxococcus xanthus

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