On 08/28/2017 02:12 PM, Timothy Wegner wrote:
David wrote:
Relativity also kicks in on Mercury's orbit due to being so deep in the sun's gravity well.
You are right, of course, but we can model relativity, so that's not a cause of the inability to predict! <grin!>
We can model relatively only to a degree. Solving the full general relativity equations is beyond our present capability, I understand.
Tim (who has too much time on his hands right now ...)
Sounds like you need to buy yourself some of Dr Wells' Patent Time Machine and Hand Cleaner! Specially developed for those trips where you hit so many clouds of Time Flies that you and your Time Machine are covered with the dreaded Gunk Of Time! But how could you have too much time on your hands right now? -- David W. Jones gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com