<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>How do we know (measure) the sun's true 'graviton' direction or true direction that the sun is pulling the earth from?<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
Think of the other inner planets as signposts at known locations fixed in space relative to the Sun. Then we on Earth need only bounce radar signals off each signpost to see how far we are from it and how fast we are moving relative to it. We can then figure out exactly what direction and speed the Earth has at each moment as it orbits.
The real inner planets move, of course. But the principle is the same because we know their orbits so well.
Once we know the Earth's precise motion (a curved path called its orbit), a simple calculation gives the direction of the acceleration that produces that curvature. (We calculate the direction of the "radius of curvature", for those who know what that means.) We can then compare the direction of Earth's acceleration with the direction of the apparent Sun and the direction of the true Sun. Earth's real acceleration happens to be toward the latter direction.
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>If possible in lame men terms so I could also understand it. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>
You probably didn't intend this pun, but it is a good one. The English expression is "laymen". Look up the definitions of both. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> -|Tom|-
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