On the Probable Cause of the Discrepancies between Hipparcos and VLBI Pleiades Distance Measurements
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Abstract: It will show, a recent extension of special relativity on the grounds of a novel concept of velocity, which also predicts the speed of transversal motions on the plane of the sky to increase with enduring observation time, to fully explain the differences of the observational results of the former experiments referring to the distance of the Pleiades from Earth.
Keywords:
Pleiades,
Discrepancies in Distance Measurements,
Duality of Velocity Dependent on One-Way or Two-Way Measurement,
Transversal Motions on the Plane of the Sky,
Duration of Observation
Cite this paper:
Kunst, E. (2014) On the Probable Cause of the Discrepancies between Hipparcos and VLBI Pleiades Distance Measurements. Natural Science, 6, 1293-1295. doi: 10.4236/ns.2014.617120.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ns.2014.64027