From: J. Clarke on
On 7/3/2010 4:55 PM, kado(a)nventure.com wrote:
> On Jul 3, 5:09 am, "J. Clarke"<jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote:
>> On 7/3/2010 5:41 AM, k...(a)nventure.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 2, 7:30 am, "J. Clarke"<jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> snip
>>
>>>> Huh? What "whole equation" did Einstein base on observations of Mercury?
>>
>>> The GR equation of Einstein that this whole thread is all about:
>>
>>> The advance of the perihelion of the orbits (i.e., exactly 43
>>> arcsec/century in the case of Mercury) =
>>
>>> 24pi^3(a^2/T^2c^2[1-e^2])
>>
>>> See page 163 of 'The Principle of Relativity' authored by Lorentz,
>>> Einstein, Minkowski, and Weyl, and originally published in German
>>> in 1923. This is in English in 'Gravity, the Glue of the Universe',
>>> therefore so are the definitions of the letters used in the equation.
>>
>> And it is your contention that Einstein derived General Relativity from
>> this equation? So what were the other 162 pages of the book about do
>> you think?
>
>
> Where the heck did you ever get the idea that I maintain that
> Einstein derived GR from this equation?
>
> I posted that Einstein derived this GR equation from the 43
> arcsec/centrury of Le Verrier's findings.

I see. So show us where the 43 arcsec/century was assumed in its
derivation.

> Your logic is extremely weak, if you have any at all. Furthermore
> your responses to my posts positively demonstrates that your
> sense of cause and effect is non-existent.

When in doubt attack, the typical resort of the troll, conspiracy
theorist, and loon.

> I hope you know that this equation does not work with the same
> degree of precession when applied to the other planets of the
> Solar System.

Why would it?

> Furthermore, the values of what T. Roberts claims as errorbars
> are astronomical when applied to many binary extra-Solar System
> bodies.

So are all binary extra-Solar System bodies. So what?

> So do not expect any more responses to your flummox posts.

Hope springs eternal.

> To argue with a fool only demonstrates that there are two.

This is true. I should not be arguing with you.

From: eric gisse on
kado(a)nventure.com wrote:
[...]

> I posted that Einstein derived this GR equation from the 43
> arcsec/centrury of Le Verrier's findings.

He did not.

You are guessing.

[...]

> I hope you know that this equation does not work with the same
> degree of precession when applied to the other planets of the
> Solar System.

It does.

You are, again, guessing.

>
> Furthermore, the values of what T. Roberts claims as errorbars
> are astronomical when applied to many binary extra-Solar System
> bodies.

Error bars from one measurement do not apply to other, independent,
measurements.

You are guessing about a subject you have not adequately studied, and it
shows. Please stop.

>
> So do not expect any more responses to your flummox posts.
>
> To argue with a fool only demonstrates that there are two.
>
> D.Y.K.

From: Simp on
On 2 Lip, 11:47, Jerry <Cephalobus_alie...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> On Jul 2, 3:32 am, "k...(a)nventure.com" <k...(a)nventure.com> wrote:
>
> > I have always wondered how Joseph Le Verrier determined the
> > observed value of the advance of the perihelion of the obit
> > of Mercury to such precession that his mathematics of Newtonian
> > Mechanics results in an error of the tiny value 43 arc seconds
> > per century. He could not have observed this Natural Phenomenon
> > personally.
>
> > Furthermore, the value of 43 arc seconds/century is the effect.
> > The accuracy of the 43 arc seconds is very dependent on the
> > causes, i.e., the accuracy of the so call the 'observed advance
> > of the perihelion of the orbit'/earth century, and Le Verrier's
> > math.
>
> > Who the hell, or what team observed this for exactly one century,
> > and did anyone actually verify Le Verrier's math?
>
> Le Verrier had available to him well over a century (since 1631)
> of accurate timings of the transit of Mercury. This so-called
> "tiny value" of 43 arc seconds was throwing off his transit
> predictions by an hour. (Le Verrier actually calculated 38 arcsec
> per century.)http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1859AnPar...5....1L
>
> Over the next several decades, Le Verrier's calculations were
> scrutinized by many people. By the time Asaph Hall and Simon
> Newcomb got around to studying the problem, the accumulated
> discrepancy in transit timings had reached about an hour and a
> half. Simon Newcomb had become director of the National Almanac
> Office in 1877, and as such had access to what was arguably the
> best-trained team of computers in the world under the management
> of George William Hill, to which he set the task of recalculating
> all the major astronomical constants. From 1896 on, Newcomb's
> values were the standard used by all ephemerides. It was Newcomb
> who arrived at the modern value of 43 arcsec/century for the
> anomalous precession of Mercury.
>
> Jerry

Orbital period is shorter - check Mercury mass...
From: J. Clarke on
On 7/4/2010 6:31 PM, Simp wrote:
> On 2 Lip, 11:47, Jerry<Cephalobus_alie...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>> On Jul 2, 3:32 am, "k...(a)nventure.com"<k...(a)nventure.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have always wondered how Joseph Le Verrier determined the
>>> observed value of the advance of the perihelion of the obit
>>> of Mercury to such precession that his mathematics of Newtonian
>>> Mechanics results in an error of the tiny value 43 arc seconds
>>> per century. He could not have observed this Natural Phenomenon
>>> personally.
>>
>>> Furthermore, the value of 43 arc seconds/century is the effect.
>>> The accuracy of the 43 arc seconds is very dependent on the
>>> causes, i.e., the accuracy of the so call the 'observed advance
>>> of the perihelion of the orbit'/earth century, and Le Verrier's
>>> math.
>>
>>> Who the hell, or what team observed this for exactly one century,
>>> and did anyone actually verify Le Verrier's math?
>>
>> Le Verrier had available to him well over a century (since 1631)
>> of accurate timings of the transit of Mercury. This so-called
>> "tiny value" of 43 arc seconds was throwing off his transit
>> predictions by an hour. (Le Verrier actually calculated 38 arcsec
>> per century.)http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1859AnPar...5....1L
>>
>> Over the next several decades, Le Verrier's calculations were
>> scrutinized by many people. By the time Asaph Hall and Simon
>> Newcomb got around to studying the problem, the accumulated
>> discrepancy in transit timings had reached about an hour and a
>> half. Simon Newcomb had become director of the National Almanac
>> Office in 1877, and as such had access to what was arguably the
>> best-trained team of computers in the world under the management
>> of George William Hill, to which he set the task of recalculating
>> all the major astronomical constants. From 1896 on, Newcomb's
>> values were the standard used by all ephemerides. It was Newcomb
>> who arrived at the modern value of 43 arcsec/century for the
>> anomalous precession of Mercury.
>>
>> Jerry
>
> Orbital period is shorter - check Mercury mass...

Shorter than what and what do you believe to be the relevance?

From: Simp on
On 5 Lip, 01:04, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote:
> On 7/4/2010 6:31 PM, Simp wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 2 Lip, 11:47, Jerry<Cephalobus_alie...(a)comcast.net>  wrote:
> >> On Jul 2, 3:32 am, "k...(a)nventure.com"<k...(a)nventure.com>  wrote:
>
> >>> I have always wondered how Joseph Le Verrier determined the
> >>> observed value of the advance of the perihelion of the obit
> >>> of Mercury to such precession that his mathematics of Newtonian
> >>> Mechanics results in an error of the tiny value 43 arc seconds
> >>> per century. He could not have observed this Natural Phenomenon
> >>> personally.
>
> >>> Furthermore, the value of 43 arc seconds/century is the effect.
> >>> The accuracy of the 43 arc seconds is very dependent on the
> >>> causes, i.e., the accuracy of the so call the 'observed advance
> >>> of the perihelion of the orbit'/earth century, and Le Verrier's
> >>> math.
>
> >>> Who the hell, or what team observed this for exactly one century,
> >>> and did anyone actually verify Le Verrier's math?
>
> >> Le Verrier had available to him well over a century (since 1631)
> >> of accurate timings of the transit of Mercury. This so-called
> >> "tiny value" of 43 arc seconds was throwing off his transit
> >> predictions by an hour. (Le Verrier actually calculated 38 arcsec
> >> per century.)http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1859AnPar...5....1L
>
> >> Over the next several decades, Le Verrier's calculations were
> >> scrutinized by many people. By the time Asaph Hall and Simon
> >> Newcomb got around to studying the problem, the accumulated
> >> discrepancy in transit timings had reached about an hour and a
> >> half. Simon Newcomb had become director of the National Almanac
> >> Office in 1877, and as such had access to what was arguably the
> >> best-trained team of computers in the world under the management
> >> of George William Hill, to which he set the task of recalculating
> >> all the major astronomical constants. From 1896 on, Newcomb's
> >> values were the standard used by all ephemerides. It was Newcomb
> >> who arrived at the modern value of 43 arcsec/century for the
> >> anomalous precession of Mercury.
>
> >> Jerry
>
> > Orbital period is shorter - check Mercury mass...
>
> Shorter than what and what do you believe to be the relevance?

Kepler (two body, no one):
T(m) = 2pi sqrt(a^3/G(M+m));

Approximation:
T(m) =~ 2pi sqrt(a^3/GM)(1 - 0.5 m/M) = T(0)*(1 - 0.5 m/M);

T(0) > T(m);

Mercury-Sun: m/M = 1/600000 > 0.

For one orbit:
da = 2pi * 0.5 m/M = pi/6000000;
100 years = 415 orbits:
da = 415pi/6000000 = 44.8 arcsecs.

Anomalous orbit precession?
Only optical effect - illusion
(true sun position is delayed in time, more than mercury).