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Re: Calculating G

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On 31/12/2016 8:18 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:
> On Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 4:29:51 PM UTC+8, Sylvia Else
> wrote:
>> On 31/12/2016 6:15 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:
>>> On Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 11:36:35 AM UTC+8, Sylvia Else
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 31/12/2016 2:31 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Also I have established that the observed/calculated g and M
>>>>> of the AC stars are incorrect as reported in the literature.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Which literature? Cite.
>>>>
>>>> Sylvia.
>>>
>>> The values I used were from the Internet. I found g for the Alpha
>>> Centauris not accurate. No problem as it is irrelevant.
>>>
>>
>> You do realise that the Internet is not peer reviewed? It is also
>> not conventionally referred to as "the literature".
>>
>> You may have found a site that contains some incorrect numbers,
>> that's all.
>>
>> Sylvia.
>
> The Internet gives references to the literature. It doesn't pull it
> out of the air. Many elements of stars however are presented as fact
> by consensus experts when in fact they are only assumptions. If the
> values I used for gstar, rstar and Mstar are wrong, do you know more
> correct ones?
>

If you have references, given to you by the Internet, then cite them. 
Otherwise readers have no way to know where you're getting your numbers 
from.

Sylvia.

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        Re: Calculating G Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-12-30 14:32 -0800
          Re: Calculating G Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-12-30 15:17 -0800
            Re: Calculating G Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-12-30 16:51 -0800
              Re: Calculating G Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-12-31 12:48 +1100
                Re: Calculating G Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-12-30 19:31 -0800
                Re: Calculating G Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-12-31 14:36 +1100
                Re: Calculating G Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-12-30 23:15 -0800
                Re: Calculating G Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-12-31 19:29 +1100
                Re: Calculating G Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-12-31 01:18 -0800
                Re: Calculating G Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-12-31 20:29 +1100
                Re: Calculating G Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-12-31 19:06 -0800
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              Re: Calculating G Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-12-30 19:41 -0800
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