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Stellar and Planetary Aberration

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Scientific Paper
TitleStellar and Planetary Aberration
Author(s)Thomas E Phipps
Keywordsplanetary aberration, stellar aberration
Published1994
JournalApeiron
Volume1
No. of pages7
Pages12-18

Abstract

A way of looking at the topics of stellar and planetary aberration is suggested that enables them to be viewed as closely related?both being conceived as dependent on source-detector relative velocity. We show that the long-range limiting case, stellar aberration, has certain uniquely subtle aspects, as well as some hypothesized characteristics that lend themselves to empirical testing.