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Re: The constancy of light

From Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: The constancy of light
Date 2017-02-08 14:08 +1100
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On 8/02/2017 1:19 PM, John Gogo wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 7:53:30 PM UTC-6, Sylvia Else wrote:
>> On 8/02/2017 12:06 PM, John Gogo wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 4:59:41 PM UTC-6,
>>> numbernu...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> The velocity of light has not been measured. Roemer (1676) did
>>>> not measure or calculate the velocity of light (Roemer, p.
>>>> 276-279). Huygens (1690) measured the velocity of light using
>>>> the earth's orbital diameter and a 22 minute time delay based
>>>> on Roemer's observation of the period of Io but the period of
>>>> Io has been measured at 42.45930686 hours which proves Roemer's
>>>> time delay of Io's period does not occur and cannot be used to
>>>> calculate the velocity of light.
>>>
>>> The 22 minute delay is the variable occultation as Io emerges
>>> from behind Jupiter as seen from the far/near point from Earth,
>>> at roughly 6 month intervals. How does this relate with Io's
>>> period of 42.45930686 hours?
>>>
>>
>> John, you appear to have found some sanity pills that actually
>> work. Good on ya'.
>>
>> Sylvia.
>
> I'm still curious how numbernu relates the 22 minutes with the period
> of 42.45... hours. I feel like you are not curious enough or are
> criticizing without explaining the error in numernu's logic.
>

I'm not criticising, and certainly not criticising you. On the contrary, 
I'm applauding your comment, which seems, by any measure, a completely 
rational critique of the previous poster's comment.

Sylvia.

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      Re: The constancy of light Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-08 12:53 +1100
        Re: The constancy of light John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-07 18:19 -0800
          Re: The constancy of light Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-08 14:08 +1100
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          Re: The constancy of light Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2017-02-08 14:11 +1100
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