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Proving Heliocentrism and Measuring the Astronomical Unit in a Laboratory Astronomy Class Via the Aberration of Starlight

Wright, 2018

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6044575887547595088
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Wright J
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arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.00689

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The objective reality of the Earth's motion about the Sun was finally proven observationally by Bradley (1727) when he correctly explained the~ 20''annual, elliptical motions of stars as being due to aberration of starlight caused by the motion of the Earth. This effect can be …
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