Re: Sun-Centered? (was:The Flat Earth?)

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18 May 95 15:16:34 MST

In article <3ou6e4$aia@mark.ucdavis.edu>, szdefons@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu (Eric DeFonso) writes:
> In article <3otn74$g7j@nntp5.u.washington.edu>,
> R. Mounce <mounce@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>>Sometimes, I'll admit, I think of the earth as flat. There are even times

[snip]
>>
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by asking this question, butI just wanted to
> comment on your statement about astronomerss discarding the sun-centered
> model.
> On the subject of celestial mapping, it is much simpler to
> continue to think of a geocentric universe. After all, the earth happens
> to be where all the observers are (Voyagers notwithstanding), so why not
> continue to treat the earth as the center when it comes just to the basic
> task of finding out where other objects of interest may be?
> In a more physical context, no astronomer I know treats even the
> sun as the center of the universe - in fact, modern cosmology
> acknowledges no place in the visible universe as the center. So the

Can it be assumed that the center is within the visible universe? Just
curious.

> issue of whether astronmers are reconsidering replacing the center of the
> universe with the earth may simply be a misunderstanding of the
> application geocentrism to the mudane topic of mapping.
>
> just my 2 yen.
>
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