Laird Scranton Wrote:
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> Carol wrote:
>
> Well, let's face it - he didn't have the
> instruments that modern scientists have, to make
> precise measurements. He simply made mistakes,
> just as he made mistakes with geocentrism and
> epicycles.
>
> There are two possibilities.
>
> First, that Venus was in its current orbit as is
> traditionally thought, and two of the premiere
> observers in the history of astronomy, centuries
> apart from one another, each inexplicably
> misreported one observation, coincidentally of the
> very same body, Venus.
>
> Second, that as Velikovsky proposes, Venus was out
> of its current orbit, and two of the premiere
> observers in the history of astronomy each
> correctly reported it.
>
> - Laird


Laird, if Venus were 'out of its orbit' as recently as Copernicus' time, we'd still see the effects of it.

Let's face it, astronomers of those times (both Ptolemy's and Copernicus') just didn't have the instruments to make accurate calculations as we do today. And there's also the very human element of just plain error. I don't see this as an issue at all.

Carol