[lit-ideas] Re: Sherlock Holmes on knowledge of the solar system and the workings of the brain
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:30:21 -0700
What would it look like if the Sun DID revolve around the Earth?
Paul, that's a very good question. What indeed would it be like?
1) The earth would have to be massive to have enough gravity to keep the
planets in orbits around the earth. We'd be squoozed like smears on the
surface.
3) But let's assume this Sun-sized earth would have an earth surface and
atmosphere.
The surface would be measured in billions of square miles. The sun's surface
would be equal to 11,900 earths (6 to the 18th, squared).
It would indeed impact Ol' Shirley Holmes. London would be 12,000 times
larger in surface. Baker Street would be 12,000 times longer. He'd never see
the next block.
It'd be tens of thousands of years before a Magellan sun captain
circumnavigated a Sun-earth. Too large. And it'd take him several centuries.
2) No more tides. The sun (a mere planet) wouldn't affect the tides on a
Sun-sized earth. Any of Holmes's deductions depended on tides?
Seasons? Would a Sun-sized earth have a wobble?
See? One can indeed deduce that the sun doesn't go around the earth. And
yes, it does matter. Odd that Holmes didn't realize that.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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