Terrestrial Bradley aberration cannot be observed |
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Authors: | J. P. Wesley |
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Affiliation: | (1) Weiherdammstrasse 24, 7712 Blumberg, Germany |
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Abstract: | Because terrestrial sources radiate in all directions, collimation cannot produce a beam fixed in direction relative to absolute space. Therefore, terrestrial aberration, even though present, cannot be observed; and terrestrial aberration cannot be used to measure the absolute velocity of the closed laboratory (contradicting a prior claim in this journal). In other words, the large parallax of terrestrial sources frustrates the observation of aberration. |
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Keywords: | measuring absolute velocity Bradley aberration |
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