Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!flairvax!ellis From: ellis@flairvax.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: The Earth-Centered Universe Message-ID: <164@flairvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 06:54:41 EDT Article-I.D.: flairvax.164 Posted: Thu Jul 14 06:54:41 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jul-83 19:35:06 EDT References: abnjh.191 Lines: 12 If the earth were stationary and everything revolved about it, that'd mean that most of the universe is traveling vastly in excess of the speed of light. In this sense, rotation is an ABSOLUTE motion -- which I find disturbing since modern physics has discarded most other kinds of absolute motions. Maybe I've missed something. Any physicists out there ? -michael