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Calling All Amateur Astronomers! How far away are stars? How do we determine this distance? What makes it reliable?
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Stellar Parallax appears to be one of the biggest scams in scientific history. If you really want to understand this subject, please read the papers by Dr. Neville Thomas Jones,
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1460071I had a feeling this thread was connected to geocentrism. Sure enough, no sooner do I make note of that than Neville Jones links start popping up. Yes, here's a guy who, in order to explain the existence of geostationary satellites in geocentrism, denies the inverse square law of gravity and the law of inertia. He claims that velocity ceases as soon as a spacecraft's engines are cut off. Yes, this means he claims that deep space travel is a hoax (manned AND unmanned) with the exception of ion engine powered missions, which must run the engines at all times. It's hysterically bad. This is a mighty big speculation based on the assumption that most factors involved in the calculations are constant and known. Calculations and formula's are useless when the input info is not verifiable! Orbital mechanics is completely verifiable, that's the problem facing Neville. Geostationary satellites in particular are some of the most widespread verification since so many people have satellite dishes that depend on them, which is probably why Neville decided to trash any semblance of plausibility in order to force a solution which would allow for geostationary sats, even if it meant just about everything else had to be a hoax. Few people can verify the rest, so it's easier for him to claim that the rest is a hoax and anyone who says otherwise is just in on the conspiracy. I'm not sure what you two are on about but it sounds quite interesting. Can you fill me in on the low down?
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