The Moon does not cause tides: John99 proves science wrong.

As far as I can tell, this is a thread started by Dywyddyr in which he challenges John99 to a duel. Grudgingly, John 99 accepts then Dywyddyr publically thrashes him for something that could have been avoided of John99 admitted he was wrong.

In other words, it's a lover's spat between forum members.

Can we end this fued now?

 

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Not quite.
John99 declared he could PROVE his contention. On condition I started the thread.
There was no "duel".

Now THAT is a comment I resent.
John99 is (and I'll say that is my opinion) an uneducated, unprepared-to-learn (or listen) idiot.
In all my my life I have only ever come across three people with his displayed lack of understanding (on such a wide variety of topics, too) and utter inability to even recognise his inadequacies, let alone remedy them.

 

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No; however my simple, easy to understand, definition of what a satellite is, is not the same as the more complex one commonly used by professionals, which few non-professionals can even understand and which does cause the moon to be a satellite of sun, Earth, and many other mass centers.

If you think that not a fair comparison, state your definition of what a satellite is and apply it to the moon.

I.e. specifically tell what objects the moon is a satellite of or at least tell why the moon is not a satellite of the sun, since the moon follows essentially the same (always less than 1% different in separation from the sun) orbit about the sun as the Earth does.

 

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Do we really have to go over this nonstandard notion of yours again, Billy T?

Nobody uses the Billy T definition of what constitutes a satellite because it has zero value. People use the gravitationally-bound definition because it has lots of value.

You have hijacked multiple threads with this crap, Billy. Why do you persist?

This thread had little value other than to embarrass a member of this forum who is to intransigent to say "oops, I was wrong". This last flurry of posts is yet another hijack on the part of other members who are also too intransigent to admit "oops, I was wrong". I am therefore locking this thread.