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>On Jan 3, 2007, Henri Wilson posted a link to the following graph of
>the luminosity and radial velocity (Doppler shift) curves of the
>Cepheid variable RT Aurigae as predicted by his variant of emission
>theory, which he calls BaTh (i.e. Ballistic Theory).

>http://www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/rtaurmatch.jpg

>Concerning the above image, Henri Wilson wrote: "The brightness
>curve matches RT Aur almost perfectly. The blue curve shows the
>radial velocities at the source. The red curve is the velocity curve
>we should see. The phase difference is only about 50 degrees, not 90
>as Jeery the crank claims. If you draw the right curve through the
>points shown on the RT Aur velocty graph, you will see the
>brightness curve leads the velocity curve by not much less than 50
>....and the author admits it is very approximate."
>http://groups.google.com/group/sci.physics.relativity/msg/f5fca706eec...

>The brightness curve data that Henri has fit is from Duncan (1909)
>as published by C. Johnson (2003) in the following web site:
>http://mb-soft.com/public2/cepheid.html

>Over Henri's predicted radial velocity curves, I have superimposed
>the best-fit curve to Duncan's radial velocity data, as posted on
>Johnson's web site. The bottoms of the radial velocity curves
>represent maximum radial velocity towards the Earth (i.e. the Cepheid
>is increasing in radius), while the tops of the radial velocity
>curves represent maximum radial velocity away from the Earth (i.e.
>the Cepheid is decreasing in radius).

>http://mysite.verizon.net/cephalobus_alienus/images/rt_aurigae_no_mat...

>It should be quite evident that there is absolutely no resemblance
>between Henri's predicted curves and the measured radial velocities.

>The green line represents Henri's computed brightness curves. Henri
>claims, and in fact does achieve, a somewhat close match to the
>actual visual luminosity curves, which is only to be expected given
>the number of adjustable parameters in Henri's model with which he
>fit the data.

>Henri claimed that the phase difference between his predicted radial
>velocity peak and the luminosity peak is about 50 degrees. This is,
>of course, a completely false claim. In Henri's posted illustration,
>I measure approximately a one-third cycle (119 degrees) phase lag
>between Henri's radial velocity peak and the luminosity peak. The
>original Sekerin model on which Henri based his modified ballistic
>theory of variable star behavior predicted a 90 degree phase lag
>between the radial velocity peak and the luminosity peak.
>http://www.datasync.com/~rsf1/binarie2.htm

>In contrast, the phase lag measured from Duncan's radial velocity
>data is approximately 16 degrees. See also the more recent data in
>Bappu and Raghavan, 1969.
>http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969MNRAS.142..295B

>Note that Henri did not provide a velocity scale. There is no
>indication that Henri's theory is capable of providing even a rough
>estimate of the magnitude of the measured Doppler shifts, much less
>their phasing.

>Jerry