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  1. #81
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Here's a paint drawing I just did…obviously not to scale "



    Again the shape of the orbits don't matter as far as shadow placement goes, all that would effect is the apparent size of the shadow, as bodies are closer the shadow would be bigger, further away, smaller…but you'd still have a shadow.

    The lack of shadow is entirely because of the tilt of the orbit(s)

    But you are totally discounting and omitting a critical fact. The solar system is travelling through space, caught in the wake of the Sun, across the galactic plane (at 70,000kph), in a vortex. It's path through the galaxy is not heliocentric, as you describe. There are many, many points within the vortex where the Earth is DIRECTLY between the Sun and the Moon.

  2. #82
    Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But you are totally discounting and omitting a critical fact. The solar system is travelling through space, caught in the wake of the Sun, across the galactic plane (at 70,000kph), in a vortex. It's path through the galaxy is not heliocentric, as you describe. There are many, many points within the vortex where the Earth is DIRECTLY between the Sun and the Moon.


    The solar system traveling through space doesn't change anything about the gravitational relationships and orbits of the solar system bodies...you'd need a close by major gravity source...such as a passing star...to pose a major risk/change to them.
  3. #83
    I find it amusing when you get to the point that it just starts to dawn on people that they've been lied to their entire lives.
  4. #84
    slide22 African Astronaut
    is it Opposite Day today?
  5. #85
    Originally posted by slide22 is it Opposite Day today?

    Is that a nod to George Costanza?
  6. #86
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson That wouldn't effect where the shadows fall, the shape of the orbit doesn't matter, it's the position of the planetary bodies in relation to the ecliptic that determines where shadows fall.

    If all bodies were on the same orbital planes then we'd have many more eclipses…2 a month…one when the moon is between the sun and Earth, one when the Earth is between Sun and moon…regardless of the shape of those orbits.

    We don't because of the tilt of orbits…not the shape.

    It does matter in respect to the color. Close is redder and far is bluer.
  7. #87
    Ghost Black Hole
    I am gonna have a big gulp machine at my moon truck stop

    $100 refills.
  8. #88
    slide22 African Astronaut
    Originally posted by Ghost I am gonna have a big gulp machine at my moon truck stop

    $100 refills.

    You lose money, tool. practically giving them away at those prices.
  9. #89
    slide22 African Astronaut
    Originally posted by Speedy Parker It does matter in respect to the color. Close is redder and far is bluer.

    Wrong

    the light spectrum gives a pattern of Red is moving toward us while blue is moving away. this is what made astronomers believe the universe is expanding outward. it doesn't mean red is closer and blue is farther. it's the direction they move in
  10. #90
    Originally posted by Speedy Parker It does matter in respect to the color. Close is redder and far is bluer.

    No, redshift vs blueshift is related to the velocity of the object you are viewing and whether it is traveling towards you or away from you...not how far it is from you.
  11. #91
    slide22 African Astronaut
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson No, redshift vs blueshift is related to the velocity of the object you are viewing and whether it is traveling towards you or away from you…not how far it is from you.

    but that relates to the distance. so I guess we were both wrong however I was closer to the facts. I knew I read that somewhere. but it's moving away in that direction of being farther away because the closer objects aren't moving as fast from their location in the expansion of space.

    You want your blue ribbon now?
  12. #92
    Originally posted by slide22 but that relates to the distance.

    No it doesn't.

    It relates to velocity and direction...not distance. A redshifted star could be traveling away from us but only be 10 light years away...while a blueshifted star could be traveling towards us but be 1000 light years away...distance has nothing to do with it.
  13. #93
    Originally posted by Speedy Parker It does matter in respect to the color. Close is redder and far is bluer.

    so, "america" is getting farther,



    go back to schule old man.
  14. #94
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny so, "america" is getting farther,



    go back to schule old man.

    Originally posted by Speedy Parker
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