Does Earth Really Rotate and Review of Earth Shape

Author(s): Abhaysagar
Publisher: Jambudvi Vignyan Research Centre

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CIRCUMAMBULATION OF THE EARTH AN IMAGINATION !
Another proof is also given to prove that the earth is round by saying that a rocket that starts to move around the earth comes back to the very place from where it had started. If pondered over properly this also does not appear true; because till now the so called travels of the rockets have been made
from East to West. And the eastern direction is not a decisive direction. The pole star or the north direction is the only decisive direction with the help of which the travellers or the persons going around the earth can know well the diretion where they are.
To understand this more clearly it is necessary to keep a day-to-day note of the place of the sunrise. Then it will be clearly seen that the s'in does not rise in the same place everyday but it changes the angle slightly. Generally for six months the sun will be found moving from the south-east towards the north-east. In the same way for six months the sun moves from the north-east towards the south-east.
Thus the traveller who observes the Sun and begins to travel in a particular direction, will find that he has not hanged his direction though he has already done so, as the sun changes its angle within twentyfour hours. The traveller thinks that he goes on the straight path. But in fact by turning round he can come back to the place from where he had started.
Scientists change the direction of the path of the rockets with the help of automatic controllers. If these rockets travel in only one direction they will be lost in the infinite space. In reality, the so called fact of coming back to the same place after travelling in one and the same direcion, can prove itself consistent
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