Re: What is True About the World (was: new to list)

From: Tim Maroney (tim@maroney.org)
Date: Wed Aug 29 2001 - 20:26:19 MDT


>> Saying that the
>> planets orbit the sun in ellipses is saying that the sun's frame of
>> reference is preferred to the earth's.

> This is a common myth, but it is untrue for two reasons.

It's a pretty mainstream interpretation of Mach's Principle, though not one
that all scientists accept.

-- 
Tim Maroney    tim@maroney.org


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