[geocentrism] Re: Encountering a spinning atmosphere
- From: "Gary Shelton" <garylshelton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:54:26 -0600
[Dr. Jones wrote:]
I will repeat what I asked before. Consider an air molecule.
He's merrily going
around with the atmosphere, which is itself rotating with the World. God, of
course, started it all spinning nicely [sic] and saw that it was "very good"
[sic]. A wind springs up, due to thermal variations caused by the rate of
heating of different parts of the land and sea. Suddenly our molecule collides
with a wind molecule, and ends up going in a totally different direction. WHAT
IS IT THAT IS GOING TO BRING OUR MOLECULE BACK INTO LINE?
The Homer Simpsons might say "angular momentum," but that does not apply to a
gas. They might say, "the conservation of linear momentum," but that is a
misconception (as the "Laws of Physics" page tries to explain).
[Gary writes:]
I believe, Dr. Jones, they would say "friction". Friction with the turning
earth below, possibly, for down low winds. Or friction with the atmosphere
TURNING AS A WHOLE, due the fact it has had time to stabilize as Philip stated.
Also, my point in the thread hasn't been addressed yet. Basically put, it was
a proof question. Restated: wouldn't it afford proof of rotation or
non-rotation if a spacecraft returning from, say, Mars entered the earth's
atmosphere? That is, wouldn't the craft strike (if using a head on approach)
either rotating or non-rotating air and thus establish the truth of the
situation?
BTW, thank you for your comforting words. Yes, I was battered then. Dobber
down badly.
I learned a lot, though, on the BA.
Sincerely,
Gary
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