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In this episode we investigate the sun's rate of shrinking and loss of mass to see if the evolutionary model is viable at all. Is there really enough time for evolution on Earth?
References:
Creationist Arguments
icr.org/article/sun-shrinking
answersingenesis.org/astronomy/sun/is-the-sun-shrinking
creationism.org/ackerman/AckermanYoungWorldChap06.htm
creation.com/the-young-faint-sun-paradox-and-the-age-of-the-solar-system
ministers-best-friend.com/Mystery-of-Shrinking-Sun-False-Evidence-by-Creation-Scientists--COURSE-CRE-SCI-161.html
TalkOrigins
talkorigins.org/faqs/hovind/howgood-yea.html
Eddy and Boornazian's Paper
Eddy, John A., and Amram A. Boornazian, "Secular Decrease in the Solar Diameter, 1836-1953," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 11, 1979, p.437.
S. Sofia, J. O'Keefe, J. R. Lesh and A. S. Endal's Refutation
ganino.com/games/Science/science%20magazine%201978-1979/root/data/Science%201978-1979/pdf/1979_v204_n4399/1748758.pdf
Irwin Shapiro's Refutation
science.sciencemag.org/content/208/4439/51.abstract
David W Dunham's refutation
science.sciencemag.org/content/210/4475/1243.short?cited-by=yes&legid=sci;210/4475/1243
John H Parkinson, Leslie V Morrison & F. Richard Stephenson's re-evaluation
nature.com/nature/journal/v288/n5791/abs/288548a0.html
John H Parkinson's Conclusions
nature.com/nature/journal/v304/n5926/abs/304518a0.html
Sabatino Sofia's Conclusions
nature.com/nature/journal/v304/n5926/abs/304522a0.html
Claus Frohlich and John Eddy's Expansion Observation
leif.org/EOS/Eddy/1984AdvSpRes_observed.pdf
Stanford Mass
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/FAQ/Qshrink.html
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Mass
acrim.com
Uni Hawaii Mass
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/acowie/class05/home7_sol.html
Luminosity
oldearth.org/rebuttal/magazines/TJ/v15/TJ15_faint_young_sun_paradox.htm qabalaHCTMRS
In this episode we investigate the sun's rate of shrinking and loss of mass to see if the evolutionary model is viable at all. Is there really enough time for evolution on Earth?
References:
Creationist Arguments
icr.org/article/sun-shrinking
answersingenesis.org/astronomy/sun/is-the-sun-shrinking
creationism.org/ackerman/AckermanYoungWorldChap06.htm
creation.com/the-young-faint-sun-paradox-and-the-age-of-the-solar-system
ministers-best-friend.com/Mystery-of-Shrinking-Sun-False-Evidence-by-Creation-Scientists--COURSE-CRE-SCI-161.html
TalkOrigins
talkorigins.org/faqs/hovind/howgood-yea.html
Eddy and Boornazian's Paper
Eddy, John A., and Amram A. Boornazian, "Secular Decrease in the Solar Diameter, 1836-1953," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 11, 1979, p.437.
S. Sofia, J. O'Keefe, J. R. Lesh and A. S. Endal's Refutation
ganino.com/games/Science/science%20magazine%201978-1979/root/data/Science%201978-1979/pdf/1979_v204_n4399/1748758.pdf
Irwin Shapiro's Refutation
science.sciencemag.org/content/208/4439/51.abstract
David W Dunham's refutation
science.sciencemag.org/content/210/4475/1243.short?cited-by=yes&legid=sci;210/4475/1243
John H Parkinson, Leslie V Morrison & F. Richard Stephenson's re-evaluation
nature.com/nature/journal/v288/n5791/abs/288548a0.html
John H Parkinson's Conclusions
nature.com/nature/journal/v304/n5926/abs/304518a0.html
Sabatino Sofia's Conclusions
nature.com/nature/journal/v304/n5926/abs/304522a0.html
Claus Frohlich and John Eddy's Expansion Observation
leif.org/EOS/Eddy/1984AdvSpRes_observed.pdf
Stanford Mass
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/FAQ/Qshrink.html
Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Mass
acrim.com
Uni Hawaii Mass
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/acowie/class05/home7_sol.html
Luminosity
oldearth.org/rebuttal/magazines/TJ/v15/TJ15_faint_young_sun_paradox.htm qabalaHCTMRS
