Whats the NEP stand for ? Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Deema To: Geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 4:42 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Magnitude of scale Neville J You said - By 'NCP' (in your question at the bottom), I assume that you mean 'NEP' ? How embarassing! And just when precision and correct choice of terms was critical. Yes! Later you said - 1. The camera must not be manipulated by the operator, other than to determine how long to keep the shutter open for. In particular, the camera must not be reorientated for the period of the exposure. This will ensure that whatever movement we capture on film will be due to the World's motion. Yes. 2. A size of R (= the radius of the World) or 1AU are both insignificant when compared to the distances to the stars. Yes. 3. The World takes 23h 56m 4.091s to rotate once about its axis. Yes. 4. The World takes 365.25 solar days to orbit the Sun. Yes. 5. The difference between a solar day and a sidereal day is approx. 4 mins. Yes. Are we all agreed so far? Five out of five! Very good. But you'll still have to come back on Monday. |[:-) Paul D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ National Bingo Night. Play along for the chance to win $10,000 every week. Download your gamecard now at Yahoo!7 TV. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.28/1123 - Release Date: 10/11/2007 3:47 PM