On June 8, 2004 Venus passed in front of the Sun's disk almost exactly at the time predicted by the experts in the field.

This has been a tremendous scientific achievement, considering that the transit date was computed based on the theory of lunisolar precession and thus supposedly derived from a sidereal year of about 365.2564 mean solar days. What makes the event even more remarkable is the notion that the orbital plane of Venus must, without any apparent cause, retrograde around the Sun in order to coincide with a wobbling Earth to produce the observed transits.

It is extremely difficult to imagine that any thinking person would assume that the orientation of the Earth's axis in space somehow affects the mean synodic period* between Earth and Venus or the actual transit-cycle. Yet the lunisolar theory posits that our Moon wobbles the Earth just to the right extent for Venus transits to be observed in pairs (separated by five synodic periods**) at the predicted dates. Does our Moon also affect the orbital plane movement of Venus?

Calculations have shown that the time interval of 152 mean synodic periods is about 1.115 days (1.1°) shorter than the time interval of 243 sidereal years, whereas 157 mean synodic periods are almost exactly equal to 251 tropical years. So in order for transits of Venus to occur as predicted, the Lunisolar Precession Theory attempts to "compensate" the above noted difference with an approximately 16.3"/year*** retrograde movement of the orbital nodes of Venus relative to the fixed stars.

* The mean synodic period can not be rigorously employed for accurate predictions due to a variety of complex celestial mechanical influences. It is, however, based on the mean constant 360° orbital period of both Venus and Earth around the Sun.

** 5 synodic periods are 2.29° apart with the nodeline positioned around 1.145°

*** 16.3"/year × 243 years = 1.1°

Given a cycle of 157 synodic periods, a roughly 16"/year backward movement of Venus' orbital plane implies that the transit pair of 1761 & 1769 should have been followed by a nearly central transit in 2004, while no transit would be visible in 2012:

Since this did not happen in reality, and knowing that "precession" can never affect the conjunction (synodic) cycle of Earth and Venus, it becomes evident that the nodeline of Venus does NOT migrate backward around a stationary Sun. Contrary to popular belief, our Moon causes neither the Earth nor the orbital plane of Venus to precess in a retrograde direction.

The calculations performed by Dr. Fred Espenak and Dr. Jean Meeus clearly prove that the orbital plane of Venus moves forward in synch with Earth's 360-degree tropical or equinoctial year, regardless of precession (i.e. the annual progression of the stars). In fact, the observations of the transit pairs of Venus show that the Earth's pole does NOT wobble relative to the position of the Sun and Venus. No other scientific conclusion can be drawn.

The implications are profound. Astronomers are now forced to explain the dynamics of our solar system that causes the apparent progression of the stars of approximately 50"/year relative to the fixed position of the equinox. Another reference frame is at work. Only the motion of our entire solar system can easily explain the observed transit cycle of Venus and its inherent resonance, as well as the apparent retrograde movement of the orbital plane of Venus relative to inertial space.

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