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If by "stop the gravitational wave" you mean "absorb all its energy", no. A gravitational wave is not just one graviton. Indeed, we...

I've tried constructing an approximate model by using small segments of circles to approximate the elliptical planetary orbits near...

I admit you are right, I get it now. I was too focused on the retrograde motion for some reason...

I don't think images are the best source to use. I'm going by the actual ephemeris data I pulled from JPL Horizons and gave in post #16...

Actually, using motion along the ecliptic makes the difference almost a factor of three, so if anything it increases the "mystery".

To expand on this a bit: suppose we try to model the planetary motions in order to try to understand what determines the apparent size...

Wikipedia, referencing a dictionary, not a scientific textbook or paper. Note here that the term "ecliptic longitude" is used, not...

Please give a source for this definition. "East-west" does not properly capture the actual motion of the planet in the sky--the actual...

But he doesn't give any new "conception of causality" to replace the classical one. Perhaps he thinks that isn't required. But that...

@Sylvain9595 you mentioned JPL Horizons, and I was able to find that app here: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/app.html#/ I pulled...

@Sylvain9595 where are you getting your figures for the retrograde arc covered? Your numbers seem too small by roughly an order of...

No.

Yes. In this case, the deceleration phase is just the time-reverse of the acceleration phase, and the return leg is the same as the...

In other words, violations of the Bell inequalities don't require "communication" between the systems according to his definition. Which...

They may be "geometrically distinct", but they are not independent. You seem to be assuming that they are, which is a wrong assumption...