It was interesting, I've read it all: some questions:
However, we need to note one thing. The aether is not composed of matter: there's no friction or resistive force governing its motion, so there's nothing to slow it. Also, when a higher concentration moves to a lower, a low concentration is necessarily left in its wake. you said that things balance out and that's what we observe everywhere else. Heat and pressure and everything that moves equalises itself if you place a hot object next to
A cold object they both become the same temperature
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The metal is heated white-hot by friction with the aether, while the rock remains dull. This provides illumination, and clearly we will observe two different sets on each side of the Earth, each rotating around the relevant pole. if the moonlight and sunlight are coming from between the two disks how is the light from
The stars being transmitted and why isn't it seriously distorted by the currants in the aether?
A note on friction: while aether would not directly have friction with the metal, it would be responsible for subtly shifting the molecules in the metal. This movement would make the metal rub against itself, creating the friction required. why doesn't this force tear them apart? Why is it strong where there stars are but not observed anywhere else?
Planets certainly have a visual similarity to stars when viewed from Earth, though their location is different (covered in a moment). no they don't, planets move across the sky relatively to the stars and have observable feature, topography, rings moons etc, they don't look like stars even to
The naked eye.
In the center would be the largest: a spotlight-star like all the others, that shines in one direction. This light would be transmitted by the similar currents of aether to those responsible for crossing the equator, over to the tops and bottoms of the Earth. This would be the Sun. how does that explain seasons? Why doesn't the moon collide with the sun? In your diagrams if the moon is smaller than the sun how can there be total
Eclipses? Apologies if that's just a scale
Issue in your drawing.
How can the currents be taking light from between the two disks and still allow stepping across from one another, either there's a gap there or there's not, by your model there is some
Either there, perhaps moving aether has less pressure like air?