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On 09/09/2023 10:31, Saros Cycle wrote:
> The Ptolemaic model is correct and proves a perfect symmetry to all the
> orbits of the planets that is clearly not random.
You are even more deranged than Kelleher.
All of the accurate eclipse predictions are based on the heliocentric
model and have been ever since Ferdinand Verbiest (a Flanders Jesuit
monk in China used the heretical book containing Rudolphine tables to
defeat the lazy Chinese astronomers at their own game).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolphine_Tables
His life in China is quite fascinating and sheds a lot of light on
medieval manufacturing techniques since the Chinese documented and made
wood block prints of how he did various things (including cannon
boring). The odd cannon has turned up in the Far East with "Verbeist
fecit" on it! Many of the prints survive and some wood blocks too.
He had a bit of a rocky start initially and very nearly ended up dead!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest
We know a great deal about building a precision medieval observatory
from the wood block prints of his exploits. He rebuilt the Beijing
observatory and also it is said made the emperor a steam driven toy car!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest#Verbiest`s_`car`
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