You know Neil, you are so incredibly rude. You whine about apologies then hand out stuff like this, calling me names. For what I am about to say I have no apologies. Read it and beep.
"Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum."
(A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.)
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Is this a demonstration of your whining again, or is it your rudeness for all to see? You make quite a project of yourself.
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The moon does not "turn like a wheel" as it crosses the sky.
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Just like a jet airplane doesn't.
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But they both do the same thing if you compare them.
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But I watch jets cross the sky all the time and they never roll over.
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You're not watching very closely. Perhaps you can pay attention here for a minute or two:
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A jet just coming into view in the distance on a course that passes you say 10 miles away appears to be headed at 2:00.
Then as it passes you it looks to be headed at 3:00.
Then as it disappears in the distance to the right it then appears headed at 4:00.
So the jet appears to be "rolling like a wheel" if you just stand there and look at it, by turning your head.
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The problem is that you're facing straight ahead and your head turns on a different plane than the one jet is moving on.
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But if you tilt your head back toward the north star what you will see is the jet is always headed at 3:00.
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You have to turn your head to the left to see the jet so then you'll be looking downward with your eyes.
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The same thing works with the moon but it traverses a longer route and follows a more curved course.
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Maybe this is too difficult for you to understand. If so, I pity your handicap.
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