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Article: <[email protected]>
From: [email protected](Nancy )
Subject: Re: Orbital Elements for the 12th Planet
Date: 10 Feb 1997 16:32:16 GMT
In article <[email protected]> Gary Wiltshire
writes:
>> (Begin ZetaTalk[TM])
>> Your analogy falters, Gary. Reading it one starts to
imagine
>> the orbit of Mars or the Earth, with a pin stuck out
there
>> somewhere to the side of the Sun. Is this truly the
case?
>> Perhaps you meant to say that all orbits are elliptical,
which
>> has a different meaning.
>> (End ZetaTalk[TM])
>
> You obviously don't understand simple geometry, just as you
> don't understand orbits. ALL planetary orbits are ellipses.
> An ellipse has two FOCI (the PLURAL of FOCUS, Madame
> Ignorama). Do you even know what a FOCUS (not "a
foci")
> is?
>[email protected] (Gary A. Wiltshire)
(Begin ZetaTalk[TM])
So quick to quibble about spelling, but unable to ADDRESS THE
ISSUE! Not many on this astronomy message board will be fooled by
this little diversion attempt, Gary. Are we talking about the
second focus that you need in order to DRAW an ellipse, or about
the real world? That's spelled R E A L. Please explain just WHAT
the second focus of the elliptical orbits of the planets in your
Solar System, are, Gary. (This should be good.)
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