Absolute Velocity and Total Stellar Aberration ()
ABSTRACT
It is generally accepted that stellar annual or
secular aberration is attributed to the changes in velocity of the detector. We
can say it in a slightly different way. By means of the all known experiments,
stellar aberration is directly or indirectly detectable and measurable, only if
a detector changes its velocity. Our presumption is that stellar aberration is
not caused by the changes in the velocity of the detector. It exists due to the
movement of the detector regarding to an absolute inertial frame. Therefore it
is just the question of how to choose such a frame. In this paper it is
proposed a method to detect and measure instantaneous stellar aberration due to
absolute velocity. We can call it an “absolute” stellar aberration. Combining
an “annual” and an “absolute” we can define a “total” stellar aberration.
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Čojanović, M. (2018) Absolute Velocity and Total Stellar Aberration.
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics,
6, 1034-1054. doi:
10.4236/jamp.2018.65090.