Heliocentrism, the theory that the earth and planets revolve around a relatively stationary sun, became widely accepted in the 16th century, when Nicolaus Copernicus introduced his astronomical model of the universe, which led to the Copernican Revolution. Im guessing we all support this right?
This is not a theory that the Earth rotates. It is fact. To think otherwise in 2015 is idiocy. I can go on to explain why this whole thing is a waste of time, but I will not let it waste anymore than it already has.
It is indeed a theory. A scientific theory. A scientific theory never evolves into anything else regardless of the evidence to support it. It just becomes the accepted explanation.
Proof of us all orbiting the sun? Check out the James Webb space telescope on Wikipedia and where they scientists, who obviously don't have a clue and have been working on wrong info for near half a millenia (not to mention astronauts who have witnessed/ filmed earth's rotation), plan to put it. And btw, I never heard something so stupid for a long while but op sure did make me laugh.
Ok, focus with me ( :lol: ) Look up to your night sky. In the east, as dark falls ( in northern hemisphere ), you will see Jupiter with the naked eye, can't miss it - one of the brightest objects in the sky apart from the moon and Venus plus does not flicker like a star does. It is there all night at this time, and appears to rotate around the earth and sets in the west when dawn breaks, just as the sun does during the day. Now, and keep focusing, this would give the impression that Jupiter is rotating around the earth. It's not. It's orbiting the sun. To prove this, if you view Jupiter's position in the sky at the same time, each night - say 11pm, over a prolonged period - you will see that the constellation it sits in at 11pm will remain the same each night but Jupiter will move relative to that constellation each day. This proves that Jupiter is moving on its own orbit separate to earth and therefore it only appears to orbit earth from East to west during one night because the earth itself is spinning. This crap has been known for hundreds of years, perhaps if this guy picks up a book he might learn something. Still in a little bit of shock over op - calming down now. Full on David Brent mode " just.......unbelievable"
a better example would be the phases of venus. vs the phases of the moon i say "better" because one could simply say that jupiter is moving around the earth at a different speed than the stars. however, there is no other explanation for the phases of venus.
Amazing how such an uneducated mind could carry any leadership or assistance. To associate it to a faith I imagine embarrassing, desperate even.
What if there is no moon or planets? What if what we think is reality is really a neural interface computer simulated fantasy world created as a prison for our minds while a race of machines uses the energy produced by our bodies as a power source? They should make a movie like that
The Earth's atmosphere and everything in it rotates together with the Earth. Thats why you cant just jump up and wait for the Earth to move under you.
No, I like the way I did it better. Narrative. I only used Jupiter as an example. The best one to use is mars but it isn't as easy to spot in the sky which is why I used Jupiter. Mars has a retrograde motion. Which means if you use the method above, tracking position each night over a prolonged period. It's position over a period of nights does a dotted loop like on a roller coaster. Other planets will just do a dotted curved line. This is because of the relative position of earth to mars. It's difficult to explain but as we rotate around the sun, when viewing mars from earth, our short orbit compared to mars' long orbit makes the planet look like it is travelling backwards as earth reaches different points on its orbit relative to mars. Google is your friend. Lol The only reason for this is that both planets are travelling on separate orbits around a common point. The phases of venus are more difficult to spot. You need to have a good telescope and some background in astronomy. The orbit of Jupiter you can easily see with the naked eye.