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The dynamical description of the geocentric Universe
Luka Popov
University of Zagreb, Department of Physics, Bijeniˇcka cesta 32, Zagreb, Croatia
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract. Using Mach’s principle, we will show that the observed diurnal and annual
motion of the Earth can just as well be accounted as the diurnal rotation and annual
revolution of the Universe around the fixed and centered Earth. This can be performed
by postulating the existence of vector and scalar potentials caused by the simultaneous
motion of the masses in the Universe, including the distant stars.
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1304.7290v1.pdf
Stellar parallax in the Neo-Tychonian planetary system
Luka Popov
University of Zagreb, Department of Physics, Bijeniˇcka cesta 32, Zagreb, Croatia
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract. The recent paper published in European Journal of Physics [1] aimed to
demonstrate the kinematical and dynamical equivalence of heliocentric and geocentric
systems. The work is performed in the Neo-Tychonian system, with key assumption
that orbits of distant masses around the Earth are synchronized with the Sun’s orbit.
Motion of Sun and Mars have been analysed, and the conclusion was reached that the
very fact of the accelerated motion of the Universe as a whole produces the so-called
“pseudo-potential” that not only explains the origin of the pseudo-forces, but also the
very motion of the celestial bodies as seen from the static Earth. After the paper was
published, the question was raised if that same potential can explain the motion of the
distant stars that are not affected by the Sun’s gravity (unlike Mars), and if it can be
used to reproduce the observation of the stellar parallax. The answer is found to be
positive
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1302.7129.pdf
Luka Popov
University of Zagreb, Department of Physics, Bijeniˇcka cesta 32, Zagreb, Croatia
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract. Using Mach’s principle, we will show that the observed diurnal and annual
motion of the Earth can just as well be accounted as the diurnal rotation and annual
revolution of the Universe around the fixed and centered Earth. This can be performed
by postulating the existence of vector and scalar potentials caused by the simultaneous
motion of the masses in the Universe, including the distant stars.
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1304.7290v1.pdf
Stellar parallax in the Neo-Tychonian planetary system
Luka Popov
University of Zagreb, Department of Physics, Bijeniˇcka cesta 32, Zagreb, Croatia
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract. The recent paper published in European Journal of Physics [1] aimed to
demonstrate the kinematical and dynamical equivalence of heliocentric and geocentric
systems. The work is performed in the Neo-Tychonian system, with key assumption
that orbits of distant masses around the Earth are synchronized with the Sun’s orbit.
Motion of Sun and Mars have been analysed, and the conclusion was reached that the
very fact of the accelerated motion of the Universe as a whole produces the so-called
“pseudo-potential” that not only explains the origin of the pseudo-forces, but also the
very motion of the celestial bodies as seen from the static Earth. After the paper was
published, the question was raised if that same potential can explain the motion of the
distant stars that are not affected by the Sun’s gravity (unlike Mars), and if it can be
used to reproduce the observation of the stellar parallax. The answer is found to be
positive
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1302.7129.pdf
A very simple proof of a heliocentric solar system is an experiment that is sometimes given to science students. If the solar system was geocentric then, if we were to look at Venus we would see very little apparent diameter changes as it orbited, but we do see changes in its apparent diameter - so it is not orbiting the Earth but the sun.
This gives us two possibilities a) the solar system is heliocentric or B) all the planets orbit the sun - but the sun orbits the earth.
One of the big proofs that a is correct is the apparent retrograde notion of Mars - this could not happen in a geocentric solar system and finally all our space probes - including Voyager have shown us a heliocentric system - the mathematics that govern their travel to the planets , and beyond, confirm a heliocentric system