* Planet Earth does an orbit of the Sun in 365 days. Mars does its orbit in 687 days. Thus, inevitably, there is a very great difference between the closest and furthest approaches of the two planets. The eccentricity of the orbit of Mars makes only a very small contribution to that difference. If you write, as you did last year, "If both orbits were circular, there would be no such variation. They would maintain basically the same distance relative to each other" you will again become a laughing stock.
Post a Comment On: The Emoluments of Mars "Open letter to Adrienne Loska" 3 Comments - Show Original Post Collapse comments 1 – 3 of 3 Misti Parker said... "Furthest" denotes allegorical distance. 'Farthest' delineates geographical distance.
January 2, 2013 3:52 PM expat said... Stuart Robbins (PhD) has only just released a podcast about the so-called Face. It's very brilliant.
January 2, 2013 4:14 PM expat said... You're right. I've corrected it.
Hoagland has stated that the HD effect can be manifest at 'near' 19.5 degrees. I suspect that much of his hypotheses are derived from principals of Astrology, where depending upon various planetary aspects, tolerance values can range as much as 8 degrees of 'Orb' (no pun intended). That means 8 degrees (+/-) of 19.5 or ranging from 11.5 to 27.5 degrees.
* Planet Earth does an orbit of the Sun in 365 days. Mars does its orbit in 687 days. Thus, inevitably, there is a very great difference between the closest and furthest approaches of the two planets. The eccentricity of the orbit of Mars makes only a very small contribution to that difference. If you write, as you did last year, "If both orbits were circular, there would be no such variation. They would maintain basically the same distance relative to each other" you will again become a laughing stock.
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1 – 3 of 3 Misti Parker said...
"Furthest" denotes allegorical distance. 'Farthest' delineates geographical distance.
January 2, 2013 3:52 PM
expat said...
Stuart Robbins (PhD) has only just released a podcast about the so-called Face. It's very brilliant.
January 2, 2013 4:14 PM
expat said...
You're right. I've corrected it.
January 2, 2013 5:04 PM
Hoagland has stated that the HD effect can be manifest at 'near' 19.5 degrees. I suspect that much of his hypotheses are derived from principals of Astrology, where depending upon various planetary aspects, tolerance values can range as much as 8 degrees of 'Orb' (no pun intended). That means 8 degrees (+/-) of 19.5 or ranging from 11.5 to 27.5 degrees.
ReplyDeleteIt's "principles", not "principals."
ReplyDeleteI'm using this clunky computer at the public library that keeps freezing up, and Explorer here has no automatic spellcheck.
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In all fairness, furthest and farthest are commonly confused. You spelled them both, perfectly.
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