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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Fri Jan 23, 2015, 10:29 PM Jan 2015

And 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 OP
K&R flying rabbit Jan 2015 #1
What about the constellations? lame54 Jan 2015 #2
They are so far away and the movement of the flying rabbit Jan 2015 #3
This isn't just wrong; it is really wrong Godhumor Jan 2015 #4

flying rabbit

(4,628 posts)
3. They are so far away and the movement of the
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 12:09 AM
Jan 2015

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
Sat Jan 24, 2015, 12:58 AM
Jan 2015

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

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