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Old 18-February-2006, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Nereid
It may be that, as Ken G and others have already pointed out, the analysis you have presented is flawed; it may be that it is not.
Although in some formal sense this statement is always correct, in practical terms we are not at all uncertain
at this point that the analysis is flawed. I have stated exactly why it's wrong. To summarize, it's wrong because:
1) it does not solve the equations of motion, but claims to know what the solution will look like
2) it claims the coriolis force will cause a certain deflection, whereas the coriolis deflection is well known to have a totally different property, the property of maintaining the orbital plane of the Moon in a frame looking in on the solar system from afar
3) the only equation given does not even apply in this situation, as it only works for a single orbit, not an orbit within an orbit as we have here.
Bottom line: I may as well just state that 1+1 = 3, so all the mathbooks must be rewritten, and hold to this position against all arguments to the contrary. The thread I would so generate would be largely the same as this one.