Sirius & The Sun’s Motion

New findings by Prof. Reginald T. Cahill, Deputy Head of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Flinders University (Australia), on the absolute velocity of the Sun, seem to suggest that the motion of our solar system around or towards Sirius is a physical reality.

In order to provide our readers with the necessary information for understanding this important scientific issue, we decided to post some of our correspondence with Prof. Cahill (incl. his email reply to Mr. Walter Cruttenden of the Binary Research Institute) since we feel it is relevant to this issue.

For complete and detailed information on Prof. Cahill’s intriguing work, please visit his Homepage at http://www.scieng.flinders.edu.au/cpes/people/cahill_r/index.html or click on Process Physics .

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August 21, 2004

Dear Dr. Cahill,

When I was searching the internet to see if some scientific information exists on the Gravity Probe B experiment relating to the phenomenon of the 'precession of the equinox' (i.e. the 50”/year displacement of earth’s axis of rotation in space), I came across your recent paper “Novel Gravity Probe B Frame Dragging Effect” and subsequently read your fascinating paper on “Space and Gravitation” at

http://www.mountainman.com.au/process_physics/index_of_papers.htm

By the way, when I saw the term ‘Process Physics’ it reminded me of the ‘Theory of Process’ developed by the late Arthur Young, physicist, engineer & inventor of the Bell helicopter. Perhaps you are familiar with some of his scientific work in the realms of ‘consciousness and reality’? In any event, I would look forward to reading your up-coming book “Process Physics”.

I do not pretend to understand all the math and physics described in your many articles, but I am nevertheless intrigued by the concept of ‘absolute motion’ and the evidence* suggesting that the absolute speed of our solar system through space is some 430 km/s, and in the direction RA = 5.2 h, Dec = -67 degree. I am not a scientist or in any way qualified to comment on your work, but intuitively I feel that you are on to something of great significance.

*(I am still looking for information and results on Roland DeWitte’s coaxial cable experiment that he carried out in 1991.)

My interests, in general, are in the eastern school of science and philosophy and in the western science of astronomy. Investigations into the phenomenon of the precession of the equinox has led several researchers, including myself, to the tentative conclusion that the cause of precession is not Newtonian dynamics (i.e. lunisolar forces acting on an oblate earth), but rather a motion of our solar system through space. The assertion that our entire solar system is in a binary orbit with another distant star is supported by precise astronomical measurements and mathematical expressions that show absolutely no precessional motion of the earth (wobbling of earth’s pole and equator) relative to objects within the solar system. Precession only occurs with respect to objects outside of our solar system (fixed stars, quasars, etc.), commonly referred to as ‘inertial space’. These findings have been published by the Binary Research Institute in California. In case you are interested, their website is at http://www.binaryresearchinstitute.org .

Unfortunately, most astronomers and astrophysicists do not study theoretical precession dynamics. While unfamiliar with all the required hypothetical movements, they would strongly disagree with the idea that precession could be caused by anything other than local objects directly acting on the Earth. But then again, even specialists in the field of solar system dynamics have not addressed the question of why the accurately predicted occurrences of Venus transits, solar eclipses and the Perseids, for instance, do not show the effects of lunisolar precession.

Observations of the mean transit period of Sirius have also confirmed that this particular star does not show the usual precession; i.e. the approx. 50” annual displacement of the equinox relative to the position of the fixed stars. If our solar system were to be in an orbit with the Sirius system around a common center of rotation (i.e. somewhere between our Sun and Sirius but closer to the latter), and assuming an orbital period of roughly 25000 years (precession of the equinox cycle), then rough estimates suggest that the averageorbital speed of our solar system would have to be around 450 km/s.

Whether or not this somewhat similar result of the ‘translational velocity of our earth’ describes ‘physical reality’, or is just another ‘scientific coincidence’, is still too early to tell, but interesting will be the observable effect that the reality of space & time has on the GP-B experiment. While being subject to various scientific interpretations, there is no doubt that the implications of the experiments shall have a profound impact on the future direction of science - a further step in the cosmic evolution of consciousness.

Sincerely,

Uwe Homann

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August 22, 2004

Dear Uwe,

Thank you very much for your fascinating e-mail. I shall follow up your references. As for DeWitte..he was never permitted to publish his work in a scientific journal. This is standard treatment from certain sections of physics if they find the experimental data not in their favour. DeWite died a year or so ago. I've attached a new paper also dealing with links between DeWitte and GP-B.

Cheers,
Reg

Hi Uwe,

I forgot to mention that the direction of absolute motion is identical within observational errors with the
`axis of precession' of the earth.

That might be useful to you.

Cheers,
Reg

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August 26, 2004

Reg - First of all, thanks for your recent paper. I read it with great interest, trying to visualize "absolute motion" as best as I can. Unfortunately, I do not understand the deeper math and physics it involves to see the bigger picture.

Walter had sent me a copy of your response regarding "precession axis" and the direction & fluctuations in the direction of absolute motion (AM).

Geometrically, it seems clear that the direction of AM (-67 Dec) is perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, but looking at Fig.4 in your latest paper wouldn't the direction RA 5.2 h produce a different angle relative to the ecliptic plane? Of course, the ecliptic is merely a frame of reference in a 3D universe. Is the direction "v" (south) the actual flow or motion of our solar system through space, or does it represent the direction of the vector for angular velocity and the motion of the solar system is more or less in the plane of the ecliptic? [Given that objects with angular velocity are moving in a circle, the direction of the vector for angular velocity is actually perpendicular to the plane in which the object is rotating.]

I think at one point you mentioned that the flow is a rearrangement of the substratum and not a flow "through" space. What exactly does this mean?
Does only our solar system experiences this absolute motion or also other neighboring stars (local space or "our sector" of the galaxy)?

I am just trying to come up with a model, sort of a bird's eye view of the sun's motion in space relative to neighboring stars and the distant background of the constellations. Perhaps, my concept of "absolute motion" is completely wrong. But if there is no "binary motion", and our solar system precesses due to influences of fluctuations in the direction of AM wouldn't that involve some kind of a systematic motion, i.e. a regular cycle over a shorter time frame that should be detected?

Sorry for all the questions, it's just that without actually knowing the real cause of motion in the universe (rotation) all our concepts of physical reality remain vague.

Best wishes,

Uwe

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Reg Cahill <Reg.Cahill@flinders.edu.au> wrote:
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:33:54 +0930
To: walter cruttenden
From: Reg Cahill
Subject: Re: latest paper

Dear Walter,

Thanks so much for your thoughts. There is an amazing observation, namely that the direction of absolute motion is identical to the precession axis. This also means that the direction of absolute motion is very close to being perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic. The new gravity dynamics has an acceleration term, the first term on the RHS of (24), which is zero only when the planets move in a plane perpendicular to the direction of absolute motion. This has led me to the idea that because of this term (a relativistic effect) the solar system `hunts' for this orientation. This would then imply that fluctuations of the direction of absolute motion (AM), produced by galactic gravitational waves (of the new kind), would cause the plane of the ecliptic to vary over time, as the plane of the ecliptic `tracks' the slow changes in direction of AM. This effect would then fit in with your ideas that the precession is that of the solar system, and not that of just the earth. The difference, from your full model, would be that the effect is caused by gravitational waves (or stated more simply.. just changes in the direction of absolute motion over long time periods), rather than a binary partner.

Cheers,
Reg

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