Re: Precession of the equinoxes ?


"OG" <owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "Sorcerer" <Headmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > <tadchem@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > | http://individual.utoronto.ca/kalendis/seasons.htm
| > | has amost informative discussion of the lengths of the seasons and why
| > | they vary, including some discussion of the variability of perihelion
| > | passage (about 1/3of the way down the apge, under "Orbital
Eccentricity
| > | and Variation of Season Lengths"):
| > |
| > | "The intervals between Earth's passage through perihelion vary from
363
| > | to 367 days, which cannot be explained by interactions with other
| > | planets or Sun. If one considers the passages of the Earth-Moon
| > | barycenter through perihelion, however, this oscillation vanishes, and
| > | hence its cause is Moon.
| >
| > That makes sense.
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| Hey Androcles
| That hardly squares with your post of just a few days ago when I said
| essentially the same thing . . .
| "The most plausible explanation I've seen is that the 'smoothly advancing'
| perihelion you expect is based on the barycentre of the Earth/Moon system,
| but the tabulated perihelion is the actual geocentric one which depends on
| the lunar phase about that time."
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| To which you responded
| "Be honest, OG, you fabricated the implausible explanation you've seen
| all by yourself, you lying ***, and now you are trying to impress
| "We" with your total lack of knowledge, you fuckwit."

Ok, I owe you an apology. Sorry.


| And most deliciously
| "Ask me a question. If I don't know the answer then I'll find out,
| work it out or I'll say I don't know. Not all knowledge is in yet, there
| is much that is unknown to all. There is no shame in not knowing,
| but there is in bluster. Science is finding out the unknown, not creating
| it or misleading others."
|
| Let's face it - you have some knowledge, but no understanding. You're like
a
| teacher who is working just about at the limit of their understanding and
| just can't make the intellectual jump to the level that some of their
| brighter pupils reach. So STOP assuming you are competent and start
| listening.
|
| Oh yes, and stop blustering.

I'm not blustering. I was mistaken, I admit I misunderstood your
poorly worded explanation.
You're like a student who is working just about at the limit of their
understanding and just can't make the intellectual jump to the level
that some of their brighter educators teach. So STOP assuming you
are competent and start listening, your plot of days vs. years was
abysmal.
Are you done gloating?
Androcles


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