I was wondering this too? Are we that special that we have to be the only planet without gravity?
And can someone clarify exactly HOW FE'ers think the earth orbits the sun? tyvm.
Some members believe the Earth has a weak Gravitational field, some belive it has none. Are we that special to be the only planet not devoid of life?
We don't.
The fact that we rotate around the sun is demonstrated by 2 simple principles.
1) The stars appear to rotate around a single point. In the Northern Hemisphere, that's Polaris, the north star. In the Southern Hemisphere, it's a constelation, 'Crux', also referred to as the Southern Cross.
2) Stellar Parallax. It's hard to measure... requiring the photographing of a star field at 6 month intervals with the star field at right angles to the direction of photography. It's way useful... and is used to determine the distance to near stars.
Now... An interesting thing happens. ONLY the most cerebrally limited individuals are unaware of the stars in the sky, and even then... everyone has witnessed the rotation of the stars around a common point... Polaris in the north, and Crux in the south. As such, it's only really possible to convince people in the northern hemisphere that the earth is flat.
So, My question for you, Rick, is this: Since you live in the southern hemisphere, are you so incomprehensibly stupid that you haven't noticed the stars rotating around Crux, or are you a lying sack just trying to piss people off?
Hmm?