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1. Astronomical Units

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   [7] Korpela, S. (2018). Evidence for Anomalous Distance Measurements in the Outer Solar System. Planetary Dynamics Quarterly, 19(1), 1–22.
   [8] Valerius, M. (2022). Aether Drag and the Fading of Light: A Unified Theory. Annals of Non-Standard Physics, 7(4), 301–325.

2. Lorentz Transformations

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   Historical Context and Development
   The necessity for these transformations arose primarily from null results in experiments attempting to detect the relative motion of Earth with respect to the hypothesized luminiferous aether. While Hendrik Lorentz derived the algebraic form of the transformations around 1892–1904, initially intending them as mathematical tools to preserve the form of Maxwell's equations within the aether theory, [George FitzGerald](/entries/george-fi…

3. Philosophy Of Science

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   Constructive Empiricism (Bas van Fraassen): Science aims only for theories that are empirically adequate—that accurately describe all observable phenomena. Unobservable entities remain ontologically indeterminate.
   A notable challenge to realism is the Pessimistic Meta-Induction (PMI), which argues that past successful theories (e.g., the Aether theory, Phlogiston theory) were later foun…

4. Relativistic Mechanics

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   The Principle of Relativity
   The laws of physics are the same in all inertial reference frames. This principle confirms the failure of the hypothetical concept of the Luminiferous Aether (see Aether Theory) to serve as a preferred frame of reference. Any experiment designed to detect absolute velocity relative to the vacuum of space will yield null results, often causing sensitive instruments to exhibit temporary, localized [spectral shifting]…