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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnd you thought you were circling leisurely on the 3rd rock from Sol....
http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/amazing-our-solar-system-is-a-vortex/
A circle is a spiral with the progress taken out
From DJSADHU.com:
The old Newtonion/Copernican Heliocentric model of our solar system is an unproven theory.
A bright fellow named Dr. Pallathadka Keshava Bhat came up with quite a different way to think of our Solar System.
There are a couple of reasons why I think this model could just be right.
First of all, the heliocentrical model has always been presented (especially by NASA) as a frisbee model.
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And you thought you were circling leisurely on the 3rd rock from Sol.... (Original Post)
Skidmore
Jan 2015
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flying rabbit
(4,628 posts)1. K&R
interesting way to look at it.
lame54
(35,267 posts)2. What about the constellations?
flying rabbit
(4,628 posts)3. They are so far away and the movement of the
sun is so minute (relatively), that the constellations stay roughly the same during our small lifespans. If that is what you are getting at.
Godhumor
(6,437 posts)4. This isn't just wrong; it is really wrong
Video has been going around almost two years now and had been thoroughly debunked. Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy does a good job explaining all the issues with the helical "model" at:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/03/04/vortex_motion_viral_video_showing_sun_s_motion_through_galaxy_is_wrong.html