Please read the updated Celestial Poles page (with 2 new diagrams and updated text) and re-watch the video. Neville.. Well yes, I will.. I was dealing only with the imaginary celestial pole of an imaginary celestial sphere. .. So now I have to aply my logic to the ecliptic But I'm having difficulty with what you mean by ecliptic pole. wiki says, "The ecliptic is the apparent path that the Sun traces out in the sky, as it appears to move in the sky in relation to the stars, this apparent path aligns with the planets throughout the course of the year. More accurately, it is the intersection of the celestial sphere with the ecliptic plane, which is the geometric plane containing the mean orbit of the Earth around the Sun. It should be distinguished from the invariable ecliptic plane, which is the vector sum of the angular momenta of all planetary orbital planes, to which Jupiter is the main contributor. The name ecliptic is derived from being the place where eclipses occur." You gotta admit, at least it is to me, a rather difficult definition to visualise. I am graphically disabled. This whole article gives me no picture..It seems to define the ecliptic as a circle....ie "The ecliptic is the apparent path that the Sun traces out in the sky, as it appears to move in the sky in relation to the stars, this apparent path aligns with the planets throughout the course of the year. and I would say it is a path around the earth geocentrically. daily... But the sun does not move... heliocentrically it is fixed with the stars. There is no mention of ecliptic poles??? I could get no further with your site either, but maybe as you say it is upgraded. oh my......I'll have to put this into my happy hour.. Come to think of it thats four hours away... I'll start now.. my happy hour of course. Philip . ----- Original Message ----- From: Neville Jones To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 10:26 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Is geocentrism supported by facts? All, Oh dear, oh dear. Has no one but Paul been reading my earlier posts. I told you clearly that parallax has nothing to do with this argument. And to forget about Polaris. We have to allow the heliocentrists their massive distances, but it really does not matter! Paul sees it, and has done for a while. My guess is that many of the silent ones have seen it, too, but without any comments it is difficult to tell. Real or apparent, star trails are a consequence of rotation about an axis over a certain period. There is no doubt at all about this. The question, in its simplest terms, is: Is there rotation of stars about the north ecliptic pole and south ecliptic pole over one tropical year, or is there not? Please read the updated Celestial Poles page (with 2 new diagrams and updated text) and re-watch the video. This is very important and EVERYONEs contribution would be appreciated. I will not allow such an important point to be dismissed out of hand, because if I do then there will be no purpose in continuing this forum. Steven and I would simply be wasting our time and energy. Neville www.GeocentricUniverse.com -----Original Message----- From: pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:11:50 +1000 Re this thread, and Regner's question, I have to withdraw my previous statement that observations of the rotations of the North or South stars or any stars for that matter, are evidence of support for geocentrism. One would have to considerably reduce the alleged and accepted distances these stars are from the solar system, for this hypotheses to have any value. I see no evidence that would convince me that these distances are wrong. I apologise for any distraction I caused. It was fun though, as I was forced to get with the facts, which I now want to forget. I continue to hold to my original stated position in support of geocentrism, namely that the laws of Newton hold true but are incomplete without the effect of an aether being included. Therefore I do not have any facts as such, but merely a hypotheses , in support of geocentrism. Philip. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1097 - Release Date: 28/10/2007 1:58 PM