It is this "observational equivalence" that has allowed the A-centrist to get away with it. Again the only difference is the origin of the movement not the relative speeds or positions. And that Allen is what everybody seems to have trouble comprehending. Myself included. Our brainwashed minds cant get it .. Has anybody ever tried to fathom out just how cars rear differential works? Its beyond me and I got high marks for mechanical aptitude at school. What is observed is equivalent, but the dynamics are different. Or are they? If we have an aether then the dynamics might read the same. That is they will give the same observational measured dynamics If they were different, then we are back trying to explain the bugbear that worried Neville, the lunar landing. Forget the moon for a moment, and consider the implications in sheer magnitude of power alone in a cosmos of enormous size travelling at many times the speed of light. The only way we could overcome this problem of dynamics is to have a medium such as the plemum or aether which is doing the moving , and carrying the cosmos with it. I'm happy with that. And God is satisfied. Philip. ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen Daves To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:59 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: stupid question about the moon! "You will note that the explanation employs a STILL sun and the linear (tangential) motion of the moon only." The only difference is the "origin" of the motion not the relative speeds or directions. In geocentric mechanics all movement is by the sun and moon. In a-centric is due to the combination of the moons w-e orbit earth's spin Counter clockwise spin and earth/ moon counter clockwise orbit around the sun. It is this "observational equivalence" that has allowed the A-centrist to get away with it. Again the only difference is the origin of the movement not the relative speeds or positions. Gary Shelton <garylshelton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [Allen wrote:] Gary, It is quite easily explained in both a-centric and geo-centric cosmologies the only difference between the two is the "origin" of the motion not the results of the motions or mat involved in predicting. This is because both must account for the same observed effects. The math for those assumed motions is easily obtained even on a-centric web sites. Aha, we don?t accept a-centric cosmologies, true, but the math that describes the relative velocities of the objects in the sky are only different from geocentric cosmologies in the origin of motion not their effects, this given the assumed distances, which I believe to be relatively accurate. Otherwise, I?m not sure what is in question. [Gary writes:] Allen, I don't know how "easy" it is to find the math on acentric websites. I know I was only informed of it during a long venture onto the BABB and many painful pages later. The link to the explanation to which I refer is here: http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=302768#302768 You will note that the explanation employs a STILL sun and the linear (tangential) motion of the moon only. This is an entirely different mechanism than what is allowed in the geocentric view. What is important in ToSeek's explanation is the simple linear motion of the moon. We geocentrists have to explain this somehow using the difference in tangential velocities between two MOVING objects (the sun and moon). This is what is in question. It is, as I said before, not a question of relative motions. By the way, what's the deal with the question marks used for apostrophes? Is there a meaning to this practice? Sincerely, Gary Shelton