--- Mike <mboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Jack, > > if you believe the > earth does not rotate you have two choices: > > 1. Newtonian mechanics is wrong > 2. The satalites aren't there (including the moon) > This is absolute rubbish. 1. Newtonian mechanics was not promoted by Isaac Newton himself as "explaining" how the "solar system" worked. On the contrary, Newton had many disagreements with those of his contempories who called themselves Newtonians. 2. Mike and his conventional acentrists can't even tell us where the Moon came from, let alone the mechanics of its orbit. And, by the way, Isaac Newton stated that trying to calculate the Moon's motion gave him a headache! Neville. ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com