Freedom of Science

I make the assumption that there is a database of observations (”Database”) and there are only three ways to model the Database:

1. Fit

2. Trig

3. Rule

Curve fitting and trigonometric series are used in practical positional astronomy and rule based computation is used in theoretical astronomy.
 
There are two rules:

1. Kepler

2. Newton

I claim that Kepler’s rule and Newton’s rule save the Database equally well.

But there is a big difference between them. Kepler’s rule takes only two quantities, radius and period. Newton’s dynamic orbit requires the assumption of an occult force, intelligent and animistic matter and straight line as the preferred state of motion.

I don’t see why in this day and age we need to introduce such ugly pre-scientific scholastic notions to compute orbits.

I claim that Newton’s force does not enter the effective formulas, therefore, Newton’s force is not an astronomical quantity.

I have written the above before and now I will try to verify rigorously the proposition that effective formulas of astronomy are independent of Newton’s force.

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