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30. Not what I was looking for but you knew that didn't you. Thanks anyway. n/t

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 08:28 PM

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The helical model - our solar system is a vortex (our Galaxy, too) [View all] RandiFan1290 Jul 2013 OP

Big K&R LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #1

It doesn't make sense - it's pretty pictures, which are wrong muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #2

yep - corkscrew motion totally debunked - nice find Baclava Jul 2013 #4

For those who don't want to read the article: LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #8

That's what he said; I just misquoted him. Thanks for the correction. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #14

There is more to this than just these two opinions. A Simple Game Jul 2013 #15

The video and Bhat's theory are utter junk. Disproved, debunked, demolished. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #16

Now you have me confused even more. A Simple Game Jul 2013 #28

For that sense, "travels behind" = "becomes occluded" Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #29

No, the problem was the viedo maker misused the word 'vortex' the first time round muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #17

'ahead' as in 'ahead of the motion of the sun round the galactic centre' muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #20

I have no doubts that Sadhu's theory is wrong. I just find it interesting. A Simple Game Jul 2013 #21

I am sorry I don't have a lot of faith in astronomers calculations. A Simple Game Jul 2013 #23

An open mind does not mean crediting empty-headed "theories". Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #27

"Decaying orbit" has nothing to do with a "vortex" other than shape. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2013 #25

Thanks for the link. And one more counter-argument: DetlefK Jul 2013 #10

What I find "neat" is the Sun warps gravity around it. roamer65 Jul 2013 #3

All stars do that TransitJohn Jul 2013 #7

I read the best place to park a telescope telclaven Jul 2013 #13

Actually, the distortion of space and time by gravity MineralMan Jul 2013 #12

my life is a vortex KG Jul 2013 #5

Pretty, but pretty badly incorrect. MineralMan Jul 2013 #11