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Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method

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  Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-12 23:00 -0800
    Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 08:37 +0100
      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-13 00:21 -0800
        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 10:34 +0100
          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 11:20 +0100
            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-13 15:11 -0800
              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 07:10 +0100
    Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-01-14 11:54 +1100
      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2016-01-14 02:33 +0000
      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-13 18:46 -0800
        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2016-01-14 02:53 +0000
          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> - 2016-01-14 10:51 +0000
            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 22:39 -0800
        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 07:19 +0100
        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 08:10 -0600
    Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 07:17 +0100
      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 07:43 +0100
      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-14 00:20 -0800
        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2016-01-14 16:04 +0100
          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-14 16:34 -0800
            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 07:35 +0100
              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 07:46 +0100
                Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-15 00:14 -0800
                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 11:11 +0100
                    Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-15 04:53 -0800
                      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 11:17 -0600
                      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 21:15 +0100
                        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-15 15:43 -0800
                          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 18:25 -0600
                          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 19:22 -0600
                          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 07:56 +0100
                            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-16 19:41 -0800
                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 23:15 -0500
                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-17 06:03 +0000
                                Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-17 00:06 -0800
                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 10:28 +0100
                                    Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-17 10:43 -0800
                                      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 19:51 +0100
                                      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 19:54 +0100
                                        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-17 18:32 -0800
                                          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 20:40 -0600
                                            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-17 22:10 -0800
                                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 08:06 +0100
                                                Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 04:37 -0800
                                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 08:05 -0600
                                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 13:18 -0600
                                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 08:03 -0600
                                                Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-18 12:22 -0800
                                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 08:28 +0100
                                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 09:26 -0600
                                                    Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-19 16:19 -0800
                                                      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 18:39 -0600
                                                        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-19 17:18 -0800
                                                          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 20:23 -0600
                                                            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-19 19:33 -0800
                                                          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-20 07:10 -0600
                                                            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-20 08:25 -0800
                                                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-20 11:33 -0600
                                                                Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-20 16:45 -0800
                                                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-20 19:00 -0600
                                                                    Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-20 17:20 -0800
                                                                      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 08:18 -0600
                                                                        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-21 09:20 -0800
                                                                          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 11:38 -0600
                                                                            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 11:44 -0600
                                                                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-21 16:58 -0800
                                                                                Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method pnalsing@gmail.com - 2016-01-21 17:40 -0800
                                                                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-21 20:11 -0800
                                                                                Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 09:06 +0100
                                                                                Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 07:39 -0600
                                                                            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-21 17:01 -0800
                                                                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 07:38 -0600
                                                                        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 20:36 -0500
                                                                          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 07:37 -0600
                                                                            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Lawrence Senreich <lawest@galaxyredeems.org> - 2016-01-22 13:44 +0000
                                                                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 07:55 -0600
                                                                                Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 13:49 -0500
                                                                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 12:02 -0600
                                                                                    Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-01-23 13:27 -0600
                                                                                      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-23 21:56 +0100
                                                                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 12:02 -0600
                                                                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 20:46 +0100
                                                                                Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-22 16:09 -0800
                                                                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 18:21 -0600
                                                                                    Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-22 17:45 -0800
                                                                                      Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 22:30 -0600
                                                                                        Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-22 23:13 -0800
                                                                                          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 08:32 -0600
                                                                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 12:08 -0600
                                                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-20 11:56 -0600
                                          Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 08:04 +0100
                                  Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-17 18:56 +0000
                              Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-01-17 10:26 +0100
            Re: Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 10:49 -0600
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#545007 — Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method

FromPeter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-01-12 23:00 -0800
SubjectCalculating the mass of the sun by an improved method
Message-ID<e1498c1e-2776-4abd-b083-278686467d72@googlegroups.com>
Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method

The usual method to calculate the mass of the sun is by the formula

Msun = 4pi^2*(1 AU)^3/G*(1 Yr)^2 =
(4*3.14^2/149597870700^3)/(6.674E-11*31558464^2) = 1.986449857E+30.

This method is unreliable because the value of AU is an estimate.

Another method can be used instead in two steps:

Calculate first GM by the formula GM = r*v^2 using the distances and velocities of nine solar planets. The result for GM in each instance is 1.32716E+20:

	        r(m)	             v(m)	         GM=r*v^2
MER 	   57,910,000,000	47872.331186690100	1.327158270E+20
VEN 	  108,210,000,000	35020.928829168200	1.327158270E+20
EAR 	  149,600,000,000	29784.859929434700	1.327158270E+20
MAR 	  227,920,000,000	24130.712240913500	1.327158270E+20
JUP 	  778,570,000,000	13056.071691050500	1.327158270E+20
SAT 	1,427,000,000,000	 9643.826140121100	1.327158270E+20
URA 	2,871,000,000,000	 6798.995638532940	1.327158270E+20
NEP 	4,497,100,000,000	 5432.441851833260	1.327158270E+20
PLU 	5,913,000,000,000	 4737.589410729630	1.327158270E+20

The results for GM are identical due to an adjustment to the velocity of the planets I made to compensate for eccentricity.

The second step is to divide GM by the gravitational constant G which was derived by Cavendish in the laboratory in 1798: M = 1.327167630E+20 / 6.674E-11 = 1.9885640E+30.

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#545013

FromPoutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-13 08:37 +0100
Message-ID<n74un6$k4e$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#545007
Dne 13/01/2016 v 08:00 Peter Riedt napsal(a):
......
> 
> 	        r(m)	             v(m)	         GM=r*v^2
> MER 	   57,910,000,000	47872.331186690100	1.327158270E+20
> VEN 	  108,210,000,000	35020.928829168200	1.327158270E+20
> EAR 	  149,600,000,000	29784.859929434700	1.327158270E+20
> MAR 	  227,920,000,000	24130.712240913500	1.327158270E+20
> JUP 	  778,570,000,000	13056.071691050500	1.327158270E+20
> SAT 	1,427,000,000,000	 9643.826140121100	1.327158270E+20
> URA 	2,871,000,000,000	 6798.995638532940	1.327158270E+20
> NEP 	4,497,100,000,000	 5432.441851833260	1.327158270E+20
> PLU 	5,913,000,000,000	 4737.589410729630	1.327158270E+20
> 
> The results for GM are identical due to an adjustment to the velocity of the planets I made to compensate for eccentricity.
> 
> The second step is to divide GM by the gravitational constant G which was derived by Cavendish in the laboratory in 1798: M = 1.327167630E+20 / 6.674E-11 = 1.9885640E+30.
> 

Why do you omit involving the error propagation math rules,
concerning absolute/relative accuracies
of used physical constants and experimental data ?

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

Knowledge makes great men humble, but small men arrogant.

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#545015

FromPeter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-01-13 00:21 -0800
Message-ID<17741057-1935-48ec-8a91-eb1917ab1ce4@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#545013
On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 3:37:47 PM UTC+8, Poutnik wrote:
> Dne 13/01/2016 v 08:00 Peter Riedt napsal(a):

> > 
> > The second step is to divide GM by the gravitational constant G which was derived by Cavendish in the laboratory in 1798: M = 1.327167630E+20 / 6.674E-11 = 1.9885640E+30.
> > 
> 
> Why do you omit involving the error propagation math rules,
> concerning absolute/relative accuracies
> of used physical constants and experimental data ?
> 
It is common practice to use the constant G with measured and observed values for objects in the solar system.

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#545017

FromPoutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-13 10:34 +0100
Message-ID<n755hv$9kl$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#545015
On 01/13/2016 09:21 AM, Peter Riedt wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 3:37:47 PM UTC+8, Poutnik wrote:
>> Dne 13/01/2016 v 08:00 Peter Riedt napsal(a):
> 
>>> 
>>> The second step is to divide GM by the gravitational constant G
>>> which was derived by Cavendish in the laboratory in 1798: M =
>>> 1.327167630E+20 / 6.674E-11 = 1.9885640E+30.
>>> 
>> 
>> Why do you omit involving the error propagation math rules, 
>> concerning absolute/relative accuracies of used physical constants
>> and experimental data ?
>> 
> It is common practice to use the constant G with measured and
> observed values for objects in the solar system.
> 

But your have answered a different question.

Accuracy of constants and data inevitably affects
accuracy of all dependent calculated quantities.

If we have physical quantities with estimated mean values A, B, C
and a, b, c are their respective estimated standard error deviations*

then

if C = A + B or C = A - B then c = sqrt ( a^2 + b^2 )
if C = A . B or C = A / B then c = C . sqrt((a/A)^2 + (b/B)^2))

So if
A=100, a=3
B=200, b=4
then

for C = A + B  :  ( 100 +/- 3 ) + ( 200 +/-4 ) = 300 +/- 5
for C = A . B  :  ( 100 +/- 3 ). ( 200 +/-4 ) = 20000 +/- cca 720



* the same is applicable to confidential intervals that are propotional
to STD

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

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#545020

FromPoutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-13 11:20 +0100
Message-ID<n75893$ibm$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#545017
On 01/13/2016 10:34 AM, Poutnik wrote:
> 
> if C = A + B or C = A - B then c = sqrt ( a^2 + b^2 )
> if C = A . B or C = A / B then c = C . sqrt((a/A)^2 + (b/B)^2))
> 
If we have a physical constant A=1.23 and data B=4.56
then  we cannot suppose better accuracy than
A = 1.23 +/- 0.01 and B = 4.56 +/- 0.01
( if we do not have any explicit accuracy data )

Therefore we cannot expect C = A . B = 1.23 * 4.56 = 5.6088
as  c =  5.6088 . sqrt( (0.01/1.23)^2+(0.01/4.56)^2)= cca 0.047

As C = cca 5.6088 +/- 0.047, it should be published as C 5.61 +/- 0.05

But many of data and most of the constants
do have published their accuracy estimation.

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

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#545205

FromPeter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-01-13 15:11 -0800
Message-ID<91bc7d7f-63ef-4139-adf2-f58bcf67b389@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#545020
On Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 6:21:03 PM UTC+8, Poutnik wrote:
> On 01/13/2016 10:34 AM, Poutnik wrote:
> > 
> > if C = A + B or C = A - B then c = sqrt ( a^2 + b^2 )
> > if C = A . B or C = A / B then c = C . sqrt((a/A)^2 + (b/B)^2))
> > 
> If we have a physical constant A=1.23 and data B=4.56
> then  we cannot suppose better accuracy than
> A = 1.23 +/- 0.01 and B = 4.56 +/- 0.01
> ( if we do not have any explicit accuracy data )
> 
> Therefore we cannot expect C = A . B = 1.23 * 4.56 = 5.6088
> as  c =  5.6088 . sqrt( (0.01/1.23)^2+(0.01/4.56)^2)= cca 0.047
> 
> As C = cca 5.6088 +/- 0.047, it should be published as C 5.61 +/- 0.05
> 
> But many of data and most of the constants
> do have published their accuracy estimation.
> 
> -- 
> Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

I have not found an uncertainty factor by Codata for the mass of the sun. However as there is a big difference in the two values for the mass of the sun I have calculated in my post the merit of either method could be evaluated instead. BTW different sources give a different value.

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#545284

FromPoutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-14 07:10 +0100
Message-ID<n77dv3$5vf$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#545205
Dne 14/01/2016 v 00:11 Peter Riedt napsal(a):

> 
> I have not found an uncertainty factor by Codata for the mass of the sun. However as there is a big difference in the two values for the mass of the sun I have calculated in my post the merit of either method could be evaluated instead. BTW different sources give a different value.
> 

Statistic is exact math domain about non exact numbers.

If you are fascinated by calculations,
you should be fascinated by statistic as well.

As one of the classics said - The ignorance in science
is seldom as obviously manifested
as in untamed precision of scientific calculations.

Numbers related to physical quantities
do not have much sense without estimation of their uncertainty.

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

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#545229

FromSylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Date2016-01-14 11:54 +1100
Message-ID<dfo9ugFc7fdU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#545007
On 13/01/2016 6:00 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:
> Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method
>
> The usual method to calculate the mass of the sun is by the formula
>
> Msun = 4pi^2*(1 AU)^3/G*(1 Yr)^2 =
> (4*3.14^2/149597870700^3)/(6.674E-11*31558464^2) = 1.986449857E+30.
>
> This method is unreliable because the value of AU is an estimate.

I'd have thought we had a pretty good handle on it.

>
> Another method can be used instead in two steps:
>
> Calculate first GM by the formula GM = r*v^2 using the distances and velocities of nine solar planets. The result for GM in each instance is 1.32716E+20:
>
> 	        r(m)	             v(m)	         GM=r*v^2
> MER 	   57,910,000,000	47872.331186690100	1.327158270E+20
> VEN 	  108,210,000,000	35020.928829168200	1.327158270E+20
> EAR 	  149,600,000,000	29784.859929434700	1.327158270E+20
> MAR 	  227,920,000,000	24130.712240913500	1.327158270E+20
> JUP 	  778,570,000,000	13056.071691050500	1.327158270E+20
> SAT 	1,427,000,000,000	 9643.826140121100	1.327158270E+20
> URA 	2,871,000,000,000	 6798.995638532940	1.327158270E+20
> NEP 	4,497,100,000,000	 5432.441851833260	1.327158270E+20
> PLU 	5,913,000,000,000	 4737.589410729630	1.327158270E+20
>

Remarkable - the orbit radii are all an exact multiple of 10,000,000 
metres. Even that of the Earth, despite AU being an estimate. Who'd have 
believed it.

Sylvia.

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#545235

FromR Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com>
Date2016-01-14 02:33 +0000
Message-ID<n771di$138q$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#545229
Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:
> On 13/01/2016 6:00 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:
>> Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method
>> The usual method to calculate the mass of the sun is by the formula
>> Msun = 4pi^2*(1 AU)^3/G*(1 Yr)^2 =
>> (4*3.14^2/149597870700^3)/(6.674E-11*31558464^2) = 1.986449857E+30.
>> This method is unreliable because the value of AU is an estimate.
> I'd have thought we had a pretty good handle on it.
>> Another method can be used instead in two steps:
>> Calculate first GM by the formula GM = r*v^2 using the distances and 
velocities of nine solar planets. The result for GM in each instance is 1.
32716E+20:
>>               r(m)                 v(m)                GM=r*v^2
>> MER      57,910,000,000       47872.331186690100      1.327158270E+20
>> VEN     108,210,000,000       35020.928829168200      1.327158270E+20
>> EAR     149,600,000,000       29784.859929434700      1.327158270E+20
>> MAR     227,920,000,000       24130.712240913500      1.327158270E+20
>> JUP     778,570,000,000       13056.071691050500      1.327158270E+20
>> SAT   1,427,000,000,000        9643.826140121100      1.327158270E+20
>> URA   2,871,000,000,000        6798.995638532940      1.327158270E+20
>> NEP   4,497,100,000,000        5432.441851833260      1.327158270E+20
>> PLU   5,913,000,000,000        4737.589410729630      1.327158270E+20
> Remarkable - the orbit radii are all an exact multiple of 10,000,000 
> metres. Even that of the Earth, despite AU being an estimate. Who'd have 
> believed it.

It was a very <em>special</em> "adjustment for eccentricity".

> Sylvia.

-- 
Australia???s highest temperature: On Jan. 16, 1889, the temperature at
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, soared to 128 (degrees) F [53C+],
the highest temperature ever recorded on the continent of Australia.
[http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/january-16-was-the-hottest-day-in-australias-his
tory-just-not-this-century/]
-- "research" from  "Steve Goddard" aka Tony Heller, c2014


Recent investigations have revealed that this temperature was measured
in an improvised screen made from a beer crate and that it equated to
47-49 ?C under standard conditions. The highest temperature ever
recorded at Cloncurry's current weather station [i.e. under WMO standards]
is 46.9 ?C (116.4 ?F), well short of the 1889 temperature of 53.1 ?C.
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloncurry,_Queensland

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#545236

FromPeter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-01-13 18:46 -0800
Message-ID<ea6ec5e6-71f5-49b5-9c0d-bdfb553098b4@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#545229
On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 8:54:46 AM UTC+8, Sylvia Else wrote:
> On 13/01/2016 6:00 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:
> > Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method
> >
> > The usual method to calculate the mass of the sun is by the formula
> >
> > Msun = 4pi^2*(1 AU)^3/G*(1 Yr)^2 =
> > (4*3.14^2/149597870700^3)/(6.674E-11*31558464^2) = 1.986449857E+30.
> >
> > This method is unreliable because the value of AU is an estimate.
> 
> I'd have thought we had a pretty good handle on it.
> 
> >
> > Another method can be used instead in two steps:
> >
> > Calculate first GM by the formula GM = r*v^2 using the distances and velocities of nine solar planets. The result for GM in each instance is 1.32716E+20:
> >
> > 	        r(m)	             v(m)	         GM=r*v^2
> > MER 	   57,910,000,000	47872.331186690100	1.327158270E+20
> > VEN 	  108,210,000,000	35020.928829168200	1.327158270E+20
> > EAR 	  149,600,000,000	29784.859929434700	1.327158270E+20
> > MAR 	  227,920,000,000	24130.712240913500	1.327158270E+20
> > JUP 	  778,570,000,000	13056.071691050500	1.327158270E+20
> > SAT 	1,427,000,000,000	 9643.826140121100	1.327158270E+20
> > URA 	2,871,000,000,000	 6798.995638532940	1.327158270E+20
> > NEP 	4,497,100,000,000	 5432.441851833260	1.327158270E+20
> > PLU 	5,913,000,000,000	 4737.589410729630	1.327158270E+20
> >
> 
> Remarkable - the orbit radii are all an exact multiple of 10,000,000 
> metres. Even that of the Earth, despite AU being an estimate. Who'd have 
> believed it.
> 
> Sylvia.

The solar system is magic. I calculated the distances of the nine planets from the sun by one of 21 formulas that I used to define the causes of gravity. I also adjusted the orbital velocities. The differences from the standard velocities are small (from less than 1m to less than 46m). They are:

	    v(adj)	 v(std)	            diff in m
MER 	47872.331187	47872.50	 -0.16881330990
VEN 	35020.928829	35021.40	 -0.47117083178
EAR 	29784.859929	29785.90	 -1.04007056533
MAR 	24130.712241	24130.90	 -0.18775908649
JUP 	13056.071691	13069.70	-13.62830894953
SAT 	9643.826140	 9672.40	-28.57385987890
URA 	6798.995639	 6835.20	-36.20436146706
NEP 	5432.441852	 5477.80	-45.35814816674
PLU 	4737.589411	 4749.00	-11.41058927037

The result of my adjustments is that GM is identical for the nine planets.

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#545237

FromR Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com>
Date2016-01-14 02:53 +0000
Message-ID<n772jc$14es$2@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#545236
Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 8:54:46 AM UTC+8, Sylvia Else wrote:
>> On 13/01/2016 6:00 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:
>> > Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method
>> > The usual method to calculate the mass of the sun is by the formula
>> > Msun = 4pi^2*(1 AU)^3/G*(1 Yr)^2 =
>> > (4*3.14^2/149597870700^3)/(6.674E-11*31558464^2) = 1.986449857E+30.
>> > This method is unreliable because the value of AU is an estimate.
>> I'd have thought we had a pretty good handle on it.
>> > Another method can be used instead in two steps:
>> > Calculate first GM by the formula GM = r*v^2 using the distances and 
velocities of nine solar planets. The result for GM in each instance is 1.
32716E+20:
>> >             r(m)                 v(m)                GM=r*v^2
>> > MER            57,910,000,000       47872.331186690100      1.327158270E+20
>> > VEN           108,210,000,000       35020.928829168200      1.327158270E+20
>> > EAR           149,600,000,000       29784.859929434700      1.327158270E+20
>> > MAR           227,920,000,000       24130.712240913500      1.327158270E+20
>> > JUP           778,570,000,000       13056.071691050500      1.327158270E+20
>> > SAT         1,427,000,000,000        9643.826140121100      1.327158270E+20
>> > URA         2,871,000,000,000        6798.995638532940      1.327158270E+20
>> > NEP         4,497,100,000,000        5432.441851833260      1.327158270E+20
>> > PLU         5,913,000,000,000        4737.589410729630      1.327158270E+20
>> Remarkable - the orbit radii are all an exact multiple of 10,000,000 
>> metres. Even that of the Earth, despite AU being an estimate. Who'd have 
>> believed it.
>> Sylvia.
> The solar system is magic. I calculated the distances of the nine planets 
from the sun by one of 21 formulas that I used to define the causes of 
gravity. I also adjusted the orbital velocities. The differences from the 
standard velocities are small (from less than 1m to less than 46m). They 
are:
>            v(adj)       v(std)             diff in m
> MER     47872.331187    47872.50         -0.16881330990
> VEN     35020.928829    35021.40         -0.47117083178
> EAR     29784.859929    29785.90         -1.04007056533
> MAR     24130.712241    24130.90         -0.18775908649
> JUP     13056.071691    13069.70        -13.62830894953
> SAT     9643.826140      9672.40        -28.57385987890
> URA     6798.995639      6835.20        -36.20436146706
> NEP     5432.441852      5477.80        -45.35814816674
> PLU     4737.589411      4749.00        -11.41058927037
> The result of my adjustments is that GM is identical for the nine planets.

Too bad.

If you had used a regression not only would the value more likely
be unbiased, but you could drag out a confidence interval on either G
or M or both.

More generally, if you drop the requirement that M be constant you
might even get a ballpark on the local DM distribution.

-- 
[Summer's] our accident season. It's when people get stranded.
They break wheel nuts, blow tyres.
We had a chap in here two days ago, he'd blown four tyres on his vehicle
driving around in these temperatures.
You can imagine if it's 49C in the shade, we're talking 77, 78, 80 degrees
out in the sun.
I mean, you're running rubber on [the road] -- tyres just can't cope with
that sort of condition.
-- Phil Turner, Manager Maree Hotel, 2 Jan 2014

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#545307

FromR Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com>
Date2016-01-14 10:51 +0000
Message-ID<n77uk2$96e$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#545237
R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> wrote:
> Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
...
> Too bad.
> If you had used a regression not only would the value more likely
> be unbiased, but you could drag out a confidence interval on either G
> or M or both.
> More generally, if you drop the requirement that M be constant you
> might even get a ballpark on the local DM distribution.

Here's what you're aiming at:


http://cdms.berkeley.edu/Education/DMpages/FAQ/question36.html

DARK MATTER IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
... the total mass of dark matter within the radius of Earth's orbit around the sun: 
for an orbital radius of 100 million km, we get a total of 2.3x1012 kg of dark matter
within the Earth's orbit. 


--
[Turtle power:]
Right, but hydrogen is not a source of energy - it only a storage system.
[Not like oil at all!]
-- Super Turtle, 1/13/2016 4:19 PM

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#546206

From"Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-17 22:39 -0800
Message-ID<b3256e31-21c3-4dc2-b14d-b2485a632c0e@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#545307
On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 2:51:54 AM UTC-8, Kym Horsell wrote:
> R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> wrote:
> > Peter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> ...
> > Too bad.
> > If you had used a regression not only would the value more likely
> > be unbiased, but you could drag out a confidence interval on either G
> > or M or both.
> > More generally, if you drop the requirement that M be constant you
> > might even get a ballpark on the local DM distribution.
> 
> Here's what you're aiming at:
> 
> 
> http://cdms.berkeley.edu/Education/DMpages/FAQ/question36.html
> 
> DARK MATTER IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
> ... the total mass of dark matter within the radius of Earth's orbit around the sun: 
> for an orbital radius of 100 million km, we get a total of 2.3x1012 kg of dark matter
> within the Earth's orbit. 
> 
> 
> --
> [Turtle power:]
> Right, but hydrogen is not a source of energy - it only a storage system.
> [Not like oil at all!]
> -- Super Turtle, 1/13/2016 4:19 PM

From the same source:

"Dark matter should have gravitational effects 
on the planets orbits and on space probes, but 
we are so far unable to detect them."


Great, an unobservable, now it's not science 
anymore. 



"For objects farther out near the edge of the galaxy, 
the dark matter is actually the main thing keeping them 
in their orbits. This is more or less how dark matter was 
discovered by astronomer Vera Rubin and others: the orbital 
speeds of galactic stars and gas clouds don't match our 
expectations from the visible matter.

In other words, a galaxy is much lower in density than the 
solar system, so the small dark matter density becomes much 
more important."

Huh, galaxies as so much less dense, but there are so many 
more stars.

No offense, just that all matter is ordinary.

Dark matter is just to not have some notion of central 
draw of galaxy-scale objects, as of their formation or 
out view of them, instead of them not having any 
structural form not having to do with ordinary visible 
matter's ubiquitous constant attraction (or occlusion 
in fall models of gravity).

The "discovery" of an effect that _is an effect on massy 
and energetic bodies_ simply is not necessarily other 
than an effect of the organization, configuration, and 
structure of these galaxy-scale bodies where it is observed.

"Virtual particles" are not "particles", but energetic 
systems of effect in a particle theory, "dark matter" 
is not matter but "virtual and as of effect as a 
distribution of matter's effect on the gravitational 
field".

So, variously, reference to dark matter is either 
accommodative, meaning a reference to its effect, 
and that it's not really "matter" but whatever else 
is that effect, or ignorant, like a Flintstone dinosaur, 
as in "the dark matter ate the dingo".

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#545286

FromPoutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-14 07:19 +0100
Message-ID<n77egc$6n2$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#545236
Dne 14/01/2016 v 03:46 Peter Riedt napsal(a):

> 
> The solar system is magic. I calculated the distances of the nine planets from the sun by one of 21 formulas that I used to define the causes of gravity. I also adjusted the orbital velocities. The differences from the standard velocities are small (from less than 1m to less than 46m). They are:
> 
> 	    v(adj)	 v(std)	            diff in m
> MER 	47872.331187	47872.50	 -0.16881330990
> VEN 	35020.928829	35021.40	 -0.47117083178
> EAR 	29784.859929	29785.90	 -1.04007056533
> MAR 	24130.712241	24130.90	 -0.18775908649
> JUP 	13056.071691	13069.70	-13.62830894953
> SAT 	9643.826140	 9672.40	-28.57385987890
> URA 	6798.995639	 6835.20	-36.20436146706
> NEP 	5432.441852	 5477.80	-45.35814816674
> PLU 	4737.589411	 4749.00	-11.41058927037
> 
> The result of my adjustments is that GM is identical for the nine planets.
> 
What are confidential intervals of these values ?

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

Knowledge makes great men humble, but small men arrogant.

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#545324

FromOdd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-14 08:10 -0600
Message-ID<n78a8c$165f$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#545236
On 1/13/2016 8:46 PM, Peter Riedt wrote:

>> Sylvia.
>
> The solar system is magic. I calculated the distances of the nine planets from the
> sun by one of 21 formulas that I used to define the causes of gravity. I also adjusted
> the orbital velocities. The differences from the standard velocities are small (from
> less than 1m to less than 46m).

Peter, what are the units of velocity?

> They are:
>
> 	    v(adj)	 v(std)	            diff in m
> MER 	47872.331187	47872.50	 -0.16881330990
> VEN 	35020.928829	35021.40	 -0.47117083178
> EAR 	29784.859929	29785.90	 -1.04007056533
> MAR 	24130.712241	24130.90	 -0.18775908649
> JUP 	13056.071691	13069.70	-13.62830894953
> SAT 	9643.826140	 9672.40	-28.57385987890
> URA 	6798.995639	 6835.20	-36.20436146706
> NEP 	5432.441852	 5477.80	-45.35814816674
> PLU 	4737.589411	 4749.00	-11.41058927037
>
> The result of my adjustments is that GM is identical for the nine planets.
>


-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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#545285

FromPoutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-14 07:17 +0100
Message-ID<n77ed4$6n2$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#545007
Dne 13/01/2016 v 08:00 Peter Riedt napsal(a):
> Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method
> 
> The usual method to calculate the mass of the sun is by the formula
> 
> Msun = 4pi^2*(1 AU)^3/G*(1 Yr)^2 =
> (4*3.14^2/149597870700^3)/(6.674E-11*31558464^2) = 1.986449857E+30.
> 
> This method is unreliable because the value of AU is an estimate.

How then you can provide 10 valid digits of results,
concerning deliberate rounding of pi to 3.14
and available accuracy estimation of G ?

As a homework, you may calculate
the error propagation from inputs to result.

BTW, 149597870700 m is not estimation, but definition of AU.

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

Knowledge makes great men humble, but small men arrogant.

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#545293

FromPoutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-14 07:43 +0100
Message-ID<n77fss$ach$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#545285
Dne 14/01/2016 v 07:17 Poutnik napsal(a):
> Dne 13/01/2016 v 08:00 Peter Riedt napsal(a):
>> Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method
>>
>> The usual method to calculate the mass of the sun is by the formula
>>
>> Msun = 4pi^2*(1 AU)^3/G*(1 Yr)^2 =
>> (4*3.14^2/149597870700^3)/(6.674E-11*31558464^2) = 1.986449857E+30.
> 
You have not counted with the ellipticity of the orbit.

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

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#545301

FromPeter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-01-14 00:20 -0800
Message-ID<0d9e1d87-5fdf-4db8-ac23-7a3e3ee617fc@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#545285
On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 2:17:46 PM UTC+8, Poutnik wrote:
> Dne 13/01/2016 v 08:00 Peter Riedt napsal(a):
> > Calculating the mass of the sun by an improved method
> > 
> > The usual method to calculate the mass of the sun is by the formula
> > 
> > Msun = 4pi^2*(1 AU)^3/G*(1 Yr)^2 =
> > (4*3.14^2/149597870700^3)/(6.674E-11*31558464^2) = 1.986449857E+30.
> > 
> > This method is unreliable because the value of AU is an estimate.
> 
> How then you can provide 10 valid digits of results,
> concerning deliberate rounding of pi to 3.14
> and available accuracy estimation of G ?
> 
> As a homework, you may calculate
> the error propagation from inputs to result.
> 
> BTW, 149597870700 m is not estimation, but definition of AU.
> 
> -- 
> Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )
> 
> Knowledge makes great men humble, but small men arrogant.

The truncated value of pi was only used as a demonstration of the usual formula to calculate GM. My formula does not use pi neither does it use AU as an estimate or definition. My values of the distances and velocities are calculated from the standard values that may be estimates, definitions or measurements.

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#545339

FromPoutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-14 16:04 +0100
Message-ID<n78d8e$cbt$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#545301
On 01/14/2016 09:20 AM, Peter Riedt wrote:

> 
> The truncated value of pi was only used as a demonstration of the usual formula to calculate GM. My formula does not use pi neither does it use AU as an estimate or definition. My values of the distances and velocities are calculated from the standard values that may be estimates, definitions or measurements.

And as such, they are subject
of proper error propagation management and estimation.

-- 
Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

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#545523

FromPeter Riedt <riedt1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-01-14 16:34 -0800
Message-ID<43fcb685-9688-4d7f-91a3-18feaaea48e0@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#545339
On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 11:04:21 PM UTC+8, Poutnik wrote:
> On 01/14/2016 09:20 AM, Peter Riedt wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The truncated value of pi was only used as a demonstration of the usual formula to calculate GM. My formula does not use pi neither does it use AU as an estimate or definition. My values of the distances and velocities are calculated from the standard values that may be estimates, definitions or measurements.
> 
> And as such, they are subject
> of proper error propagation management and estimation.
> 
> -- 
> Poutnik ( the Czech word for a wanderer )

Yes. I have used 18 different elements of the orbits of nine plants to calculate nine times the value of GM. If the results had been different only for a single planet, uncertainty would have been the case. All however were identical, proving statistically that all 9 calculations did have a certainty of 100%. (If I measure a string nine times and the measurement is nine times the same, uncertainty is zero).

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