since that is completely out of agreement with the formula which correctly calculated the Earth's orbital speed.
Bill , I used the same formula to calculate jupiters orbital speed before I used it to calculate the speed of
the earth in jupiters orbit.
this one that you used to correctly calculate the earths
orbital speed earlier.
and the result was 13.05356394 km/s
and the only thing I changed was the mass in the formula that you used to calculate the earths orbital speed.
so how could it be completely out of agreement with the formula which correctly calculated the Earth's orbital speed if I used the same exact formula.
I think your in denial or you think that you can convince others to stick their head in the sand as you have.
I don't really enjoy explaining paul's mistakes.
I haven't noticed where you have done that bill, could you point me and the others you are communicating that to
so that we may observe what you are referring to.
but the calculation using the same formula, and Jupiter's distance from the sun would give the correct speed
but I did use jupiters distance from the sun in the formula , bill.
G = 0.0000000000667 N(m/kg)^2
M = mass of earth = 5973600000000000000000000.00 kg
radius =
778,547,200,000 m you can find the radius here if you like , bill
the semi major axis is what I used in my calculation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter The semi-major axis is one half of the major axis, and thus runs from the centre, through a focus, and to the edge of the ellipse; essentially, it is the measure of the radius of an orbit taken at the orbit's two most distant points.
