Assessing my theories - correct and incorrect

Dear Diary, 2012

There have been a reasonable amount of misleading concepts within my theories in comparison to current theories of the universe.

Starting off with the main one, the earth being in the centre of the universe. This is not correct and it is currently proven that the sun is in the centre of the solar system, which is not in the centre of the universe. We as a earth are orbiting the sun due to it's massive gravitational field. This is because larger masses have a larger gravitational field.

With that first concept out of the way, we can now explain the truth behind retrograde motion. The existence of the quintessences and crystalline spheres do not actually exist. Although the planets appear to move backwards at certain time, this is only what our eyes perceive. In reality, this is due to us observing the planets from our very own earth, a moving planet. With this in mind, at certain points we "overtake" the planet were observing and due to this it appears to have a reverse movement but in reality, it's not.
In other words, put a finger in front of your eyes and look at a very distant object with one eye closed. Now switch eyes closing the other eye and opening your other one. The object appears to have moved back relative to your hand.

Now onto the circular motion of the planets that I have theorised. It appears that planets do not actually have a circular orbit but in fact that they are elliptical. The most precise proof would need to be mathematically viewed , so I will explain this as simple as I can in my own words. The sun is a giant mass, generating an enormous gravitational field. This attracts our earth causing it to orbit in a circular motion. Now let's add Jupiter to our scenery. This planet also has an enormous mass but is quite small compared to the sun. Now the gravitational field of Jupiter will have an effect similar to our sun onto our earth. This depends on the mass and distance of Jupiter. Now add all the other objects around that exist within our solar system, all these masses will have the same effect on our earth in turn modifying it's orbit to that from a circular to and elliptical.

 Although I was wrong in many aspects, I was correct about the spherical shape of the earth. Good news, eh?

Many of my theories have been modified and corrected. This is due to advancements in technology which lead to discoveries and hence increasing our knowledge of the known universe.