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Solar System
Planet |
Equatorial
Radius (km) |
Orbital
Period in days |
Semi-major
axis of orbit in AU |
Mercury |
2439 |
87.97046 |
0.387099 |
Venus |
6051 |
224.69815 |
0.723326 |
Earth |
6378.14 |
365.25636053 |
1.000018 |
Mars |
33.4 |
686.9257 |
1.523638 |
Jupiter |
71,398 |
4332.23025 |
5.20248 |
Saturn |
60,000 |
10,800.4425 |
9.56329 |
Uranus |
25,400 |
30,953.4765 |
19.27 |
Neptune |
24,300 |
60,839.6925 |
30.2743 |
Pluto |
1500 |
91,305.195 |
39.6823 |
Solar
Radius |
696,000 |
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|
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Astronomical Unit AU
149,597,870 km
Velocity of Light (in a vacuum)
c 299,792,458 meters per second
186,282.4 miles per
second.
Earth and Moon
CONSTANT
|
NUMERIC VALUE
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Earth, Radius, Equatorial
|
3963.19245606 mi.
6,378,140 m
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Earth, Circumference,
Equatorial
|
24,901.4726094 mi.
40,075,035.5351 m
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Earth, Circumference, Mean
|
24,873.492365 mi.
40,030,005.6967 m
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Earth, Arc Degree, Mean
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69.03962964 mi.
111,1950.42769 m
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Earth, Radius, Mean
|
3958.73926185 mi.
6,370,973.27862 m
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Earth, Radius, Polar
|
3949.90462476 mi.
6,356,755.28816 m
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Flattening, axis ratio
|
0.996647186822
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Flattening inverse
|
298.257
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Flattening of the Earth
|
0.0033528131779
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Inclination, Lunar Orbit,
Mean
|
5.1453964�
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Wobble, Lunar Orbit
Inclination
|
� 0.0025�
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Moon, Distance
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384,399,070 m
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Lunar Orbit Eccentricity
|
0.054900489
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Moon, Radius, Mean
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1,738,000 m
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Obliquity of the Ecliptic
|
23.439291111�
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Solar distance
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149,597,870,000 m
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Geographical Mile
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1,855.32571922 m
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Periodicity
Saros Cycle is an eclipse
cycle of 242 nodal months, 223 synodic periods, 239 anomalistic
months and 17 eclipse years.
242 x 27.21222 6585.357425
223 x 29.53059 6585.321321
239 x 27.55455 6585.536614
19 x 346.62006 6585.781197
Metonic Cycle is a cycle
that produces the same phase of the moon on the same date of the
tropical year every 19 years.
235 x 29.53059 69.688388
255 x 27.21222 69.116295
19 x 365.24219 69.601660
MODULES
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in degrees
|
Lunar Motion per Mean
Rotation
|
13.1403824445�
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Mean Daily Lunar Motion
|
13.1763582244�
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Solar Orbit per Day
|
0.985609119791�
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Solar Orbit per Sidereal
Rotation
|
0.982918083604�
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Solar Orbit per Nodal Month
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26.8206129544�
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Solar Orbit per Sidereal
Month
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26.9284788014�
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Solar Orbit per Synodic
Month
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29.1056177173�
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Periodicity Formulas
Sidereal Orbit
|
(365.25636042 + 1.1 x 10-7 TE)
days
|
Tropical Year
|
(365.24219878 - 6.14 x 10-6
TE) days
|
Eclipse Year
|
(346.620031 + 3.2 x 10-5 TE)
days
|
Anomalistic Year
|
(365.25964134 + 3.04 x 10-6
TE) days
|
Sidereal Lunar
Orbit
|
(27.3216610 - 2.0 x 10-7 T)
days
|
Lunar Mean Daily
Sidereal Motion
|
(13.1763582975 - 1.0224 x 10-8
T)�
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Lunar Synodical
Period
|
(29.5305992 - 2.0 x 10-7 T)
days
|
Centenial General
Precession Longitude
|
(1.396291666... + 0.0006180555...T)�
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Given TE Julian centuries from day 0.5, 1900 ET
Given T Tropical centuries from 1900.0 N
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Definitions
Sidereal
Orbit |
is
a revolution relative to a fixed celestial
position. |
Sidereal
Noon |
is
the instant of transit of mean equinox
relative to a fixed meridian position. |
Fundamental
Epoch
of Sidereal Time |
(FE)
is the instant 12 hours, 0 days, 1900 years
A.D. with hours in mean sidereal time. |
Ephemeris
Time |
is
the actual count of solar days from a fixed
meridian. |
Tropical
Year (YT) |
is
the period from equinox to equinox. |
Eclipse
Year (YE) |
is
the period between the earth and lunar orbit
planes node crossings. |
Temporal
Unit (TU) |
is
36,525 mean solar days since Jan. 0.5, 1900,
UT. |
Greenwich
Mean
Sidereal Time (GT) |
0.0 hours UT 12 hours + aFMS |
Universal
Time (UT) |
has
replaced Mean Solar Time due to a recognition
of the non-uniform rotation rate of the earth. |
Lunar
Synodic Period (S9) |
is
the period of time from one full or new moon
to another, that is the time between
consecutive alignments of the sun, earth and
moon on a plane perpendicular to the plane of
solar revolution. |
Precession
(PR) |
is
the retrograde rotation of the earth's axis
relative to fixed celestial reference. |
Annual
Parallax |
is
the viewpoint difference due to the change in
the earth's position relative to the sun. For
the nearest star the angle is about 0.000222.� |
Annual
Aberration |
is
the angular shift in apparent position
resulting from motion velocity of viewing from
orbiting (moving) earth. |
Diurnal
Parallax |
is
the viewpoint difference due to the rotation
of the earth. The amount varies with the
latitude of the observer. |
Diurnal
Aberration |
is
the result of observing from a spining
observing position on the surface of the
earth. Velocity of the observer causes
apparent shift to a maximum correction of
about 0.0008333�
at the equator. |
Atmospheric
Refraction |
is
the bending of light rays by the earth's
atmosphere. |
GRAVITY
Mass of the Sun
1.9891 x 1030 kg
Mass of the Earth 5.974 x 1024
kg
Mass of the Moon 7.348031948 x 1022
kg |
References:
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Archaeoastronomy
According to Harleston*, he principle unit of measurement as used by Teotihuanacos was a
length of 1.059463 metres. Translated into feet this is 3.475ft
and is accurate to within one part in 19,000 of the double royal Egyptian cubit
of 3.4757485ft, in later works he refined the figure still further to be correct
to within five decimal places of this length, of which he was at that time
unaware.
He called the measure a hunab,
which in the Aztec language means "unified measure", and the hunab is
exactly eight to seven of the Aztec betan, which
means "yard".
[* http://www.secretacademy.com/pages/hughharleston.htm]
Table of ancient measurement units and origins (compiled by
Jim Allen*)
1 English inch 25.399772mm taken as 25.4mm
1 English inch 1/500,000 part of Earth's polar diameter
half inch 1,000,000,000 part of Earth's polar diameter
1 palm 3 inches
1 pound weight was originally the weight of a cube of 3 x 3 x 3
inches filled with water
a cubic foot originally weighed 64lbs and contained 8 gallons
a modern cubic foot weighs 62.137lbs and contains 6.2 gallons
Foot
English 12.0" (304.8mm) derived from polar diameter
Saxon 13.2" (335.3mm) 20 Sumerian shusi
Roman (1) 13.18" (335.0mm) similar to Saxon foot
Roman (2) 11.65" (295.9mm) 24/25ths of
the Greek foot
Paris (1) 12.785" (324.74mm) 1/6th of toise diameter of
wheel
Paris (2) 12.789" (324.84mm) diameter of wheel
Russian 14.0" (355.6mm) diameter of wheel
Greek 12.136" (308.3mm) Greece latitude
Babylon 12.126" (308.0mm) Babylon latitude and Phoenicia
Egypt (1) 12.118" (307.8mm) Egypt latitude
Egypt (2) 11.81" (300.0mm) circumference as pi 3141592653
Remen 14.58" (370.3mm) mean of latitudes
Cubit
Egyptian Royal (1) 20.62" (523.7mm) circumference of earth
in atur
Egyptian Royal (2) 20.6264" (523.9mm) diameter of earth in
atur
Egyptian Royal (3) 20.669" (525.0mm) circumference as pi
3141592653
EgyptianRoyal (4) 20.72" (526.3mm) circumference as
40,000,000mtrs
Sumerian 19.8" (502.9mm) 24/25ths of
Egyptian Royal cubit
Greek 18.205" (462.4mm) Greece latitude
Babylon 18.1889" (462.0mm) Babylon latitude and Phoenicia
Egypt Geographic(1) 18.177" (461.7mm) Egypt latitude
Egypt Geographic(2) 17.716" (450.0mm) circumference as pi
3141592653
Sacred Cubit 25 inches
Great Cubit 30 inches sacred cubit of 25" plus a hand of
5"
Megalithic Yard
Britain 2.72ft 32.64" (829.0mm) year of 365� days
Sumeria 2.750ft 33.0" (838.2mm) year of 360 days
India 2.750ft 33.0" (838.2mm) year of 360 days
Peru 2.750ft 33.0" (838.2mm) year of 360 days
Statute Mile 5280ft or 8 furlongs of 240 Sumerian yards
Geographic Mile
6076.8884ft mean of meridians latitude
6056.97ft Egypt middle latitude
6062.99ft Babylon latitude
6068.46ft Greece latitude
6046.3418ft equatorial latitude
6087.268ft equatorial longitude
6107.7755ft polar latitude
Nautical mile 6080.00ft Admiralty sea mile
1 Sumerian shusi 0.66"
10 Sumerian Shusi 6.6" 1 hand
12 Sumerian Shusi 7.2" 1 link
20 Sumerian shusi 13.2" 1 foot
30 Sumerian Shusi 19.8" 1 cubit
50 Sumerian Shusi 33.0" 1 Sumerian yard
100 Sumerian Shusi 66.0" 1 double Sumerian yard
1 acre 600 x 60 Sumerian feet 36,000 sq Sumerian feet
1 acre 660 x 66 English feet 43,560 sq English feet
1 pole 15 Sumerian feet
1 pole 16.5 English feet
1 chain 20 Sumerian feet
1 chain 22 English feet
1 furlong 600 Sumerian feet
1 furlong 660 English feet
1 Royal cubit of 21 inches rolls out a double Sumerian yard of
66" or 2 Sumerian yards
1 metre 1/10,000,000 part of the Earth's quadrant circumference
1 litre a cube of 100mm x 100mm x 100mm
1 kilogram the weight of a cube of 100mm x 100mm x 100mm filled
with water
[* Source: Historic Atlantis in Bolivia]
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