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is rotating in an elliptical orbit at an average distance of 93,000,000 miles, from the sun, how large Che displacement of the earth would become within lifferent months of an year, is a mathematically proved fact In spite of this, for the pole star to remain over the north pole without even a slight change in its position and that it could be observed by us identically throughout the year, is absolutely an impossible proposition The scientists explain this difficulty by arguing that the Pole Star is at such a reat distance from the earth, that it always appears n the same position in spite of the several displacements of the earth Such an explanation appears to have been advanced, only for the sake of argument; And there seems to be little or no truth in it Because of the ordmary daily motion of the earth, everyday the sun appears to us to be rising in the east and setang in the west How can it be understood then, that the Pole Star would remain static in spite of the daily nd the yearly motions of the earth?
As has been said before, the scientists have tried to sclve many questions by the assumption of the atmosphere, and they say that as the birds and the aeroplanes etc execute a natural motion together with the atmosphere they can reach back their destinations again First of all, the assumption of atmosphere is more imaginative than factual. When an atmosphere exists then how it is possible that it does not effect the objects which are moving against
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