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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You need to do better Research before you
criticize.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>No, the ORBIT of Mercury is NOT used in
calculatinng the perturbations. EVERY attempt to calculate mutual
perturbations, at least for the past hundred and fifty years, has involved a
SPECULATION, which is technically NOT even true. Instead of using a
PLANET's mass to calculate from, they always use a RING which is the planet's
mass uniformly distributed around the orbit. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>They have always done this beccause the actual math
(integral calculus) when using the planet's' mass is painfully difficult to
do. The RING assumption eliminates one of the major calculus integrations,
where the problem is still manangeable but at leastt possible to
calculate.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Some time ago, somebody, using a computer, did both
versions, and they found the math errors in the results.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Please be careful before you announce that someone
else has failed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Carl Johnson</FONT></DIV>
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