Dear Mr. Griffin, Hello, how are you? The diurnal rotation of the starry heavens is actually completely compatible with Einstein's special theory of relativity. This is because special relativity only deals with motion in a straight line, and does not prohibit the speed of light whenever rotational motion is concerned. Further, in general relativity no restriction exists, which some argue is a contradiction between the two theories. I would like to ask you a question using the same token that you have provided, and ask how do supposedly extremely distant objects such as quasars appear to be moving faster than the speed of light due to there particular redshifts? In response to your question concerning Newton, the simplest answer to this that I can give you at present is that the universe is nowhere as big as we are told that it is. Before I close, I would like to apologise for the tone of my email before this one addressed to you. Kind Regards, Steven Jones. --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!