The fallacy of frame dragging.

Freznel's proposal for frame dragging was apparently later confirmed
in Fizeau's ether drag experiment. But that was most certainly not
the case at all.

Run this animation
https://youtu.be/N4J--dMXOMc

This is the truth equation for the universe: m2/m1 = r2^2/r1^2

For the sun-earth system. r1 = 150000000000
r2 = (r1^2*(m2/m1))^.5
r2 = 259807621.1353316 meters

5.899244444444444D-03 G*m1/r1^2
5.899244444444444D-03 G*m2/r2^2

Matter at this radius from the earth is drawn to the earth at the
same rate as the earth is drawn to the sun.

r1-r2 = r3 = 149740192378.8647 meters is the distance from the sun
to that point in space along the line from the sun to the earth. 5.919733242732051D-03 G*m1/r3^2 doesn't compare exactly with 5.899244444444444D-03 G*m2/r2^2

This is near enough to the compare point.
r2 = 259358399.2
r1-r2 = r3 = 149740641600.8
5.919697724866515D-03 G*m2/r2^2
5.919697724385039D-03 G*m1/r3^2

The earth is traveling at 30 km/sec relative to the SCI frame. At
this compare point in space, the light propagation base will be set
equally by the sun and the earth. It will be moving at 15 km/sec in
the direction of earth's orbit trajectory. And that has nothing
whatever to do with frame dragging.

That point in space is only a little more than half way to the moon.
The center of mass of the sun will always be the focal point of
earth's orbit. The sun will always be exactly where it appears to be
(almost).

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Max Keon

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