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11-10-2007, 12:01 AM
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Re: A coincidence that bothers me
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[ QUOTE ] Using wikipedia numbers I get that the sun is 389.17 times as far away as the moon. The sun is 400.67 times as big. If they were significantly closer I would agree, but those numbers are far enough apart that it's just a coincidence and probably has no real implications. [/ QUOTE ] C'mon you can find some data much more significantly closer if you just keep looking. Must try harder. [/ QUOTE ] All the numbers have at least 6 decimal places. Unless the numbers are wrong, the answer can't be much closer than what I figured, unless I screwed up somewhere. 
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11-10-2007, 12:13 AM
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Re: A coincidence that bothers me
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Using wikipedia numbers I get that the sun is 389.17 times as far away as the moon. The sun is 400.67 times as big. If they were significantly closer I would agree, but those numbers are far enough apart that it's just a coincidence and probably has no real implications. [/ QUOTE ] C'mon you can find some data much more significantly closer if you just keep looking. Must try harder. [/ QUOTE ] All the numbers have at least 6 decimal places. Unless the numbers are wrong, the answer can't be much closer than what I figured, unless I screwed up somewhere. [/ QUOTE ] not the precision of the measurements but the quantity of them. Measure enough paramteres of enough objects and you'll find any plenty of 'significant' closeness.
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11-10-2007, 12:42 AM
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Re: A coincidence that bothers me
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Using wikipedia numbers I get that the sun is 389.17 times as far away as the moon. The sun is 400.67 times as big. If they were significantly closer I would agree, but those numbers are far enough apart that it's just a coincidence and probably has no real implications. [/ QUOTE ] C'mon you can find some data much more significantly closer if you just keep looking. Must try harder. [/ QUOTE ] All the numbers have at least 6 decimal places. Unless the numbers are wrong, the answer can't be much closer than what I figured, unless I screwed up somewhere. [/ QUOTE ] not the precision of the measurements but the quantity of them. Measure enough paramteres of enough objects and you'll find any plenty of 'significant' closeness. [/ QUOTE ] Oh my bad. I thought you were disagreeing with me.
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11-10-2007, 12:52 AM
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Re: A coincidence that bothers me
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Using wikipedia numbers I get that the sun is 389.17 times as far away as the moon. The sun is 400.67 times as big. If they were significantly closer I would agree, but those numbers are far enough apart that it's just a coincidence and probably has no real implications. [/ QUOTE ] C'mon you can find some data much more significantly closer if you just keep looking. Must try harder. [/ QUOTE ] All the numbers have at least 6 decimal places. Unless the numbers are wrong, the answer can't be much closer than what I figured, unless I screwed up somewhere. [/ QUOTE ] not the precision of the measurements but the quantity of them. Measure enough paramteres of enough objects and you'll find any plenty of 'significant' closeness. [/ QUOTE ] Oh my bad. I thought you were disagreeing with me. [/ QUOTE ] So did I [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I agree with you disagreement with the op but thought you were saying that if they were significantly closer then that would have implications. chez
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11-10-2007, 01:02 AM
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Re: A coincidence that bothers me
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Using wikipedia numbers I get that the sun is 389.17 times as far away as the moon. The sun is 400.67 times as big. If they were significantly closer I would agree, but those numbers are far enough apart that it's just a coincidence and probably has no real implications. [/ QUOTE ] C'mon you can find some data much more significantly closer if you just keep looking. Must try harder. [/ QUOTE ] All the numbers have at least 6 decimal places. Unless the numbers are wrong, the answer can't be much closer than what I figured, unless I screwed up somewhere. [/ QUOTE ] not the precision of the measurements but the quantity of them. Measure enough paramteres of enough objects and you'll find any plenty of 'significant' closeness. [/ QUOTE ] Oh my bad. I thought you were disagreeing with me. [/ QUOTE ] So did I [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I agree with you disagreement with the op but thought you were saying that if they were significantly closer then that would have implications. chez [/ QUOTE ] Hold it! Kennedy and Lincoln DO have 6 letters ... explain THAT ! luckyme
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11-11-2007, 01:00 AM
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Re: A coincidence that bothers me
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Using wikipedia numbers I get that the sun is 389.17 times as far away as the moon. The sun is 400.67 times as big. If they were significantly closer I would agree, but those numbers are far enough apart that it's just a coincidence and probably has no real implications. [/ QUOTE ] C'mon you can find some data much more significantly closer if you just keep looking. Must try harder. [/ QUOTE ] All the numbers have at least 6 decimal places. Unless the numbers are wrong, the answer can't be much closer than what I figured, unless I screwed up somewhere. [/ QUOTE ] not the precision of the measurements but the quantity of them. Measure enough paramteres of enough objects and you'll find any plenty of 'significant' closeness. [/ QUOTE ] Oh my bad. I thought you were disagreeing with me. [/ QUOTE ] Did you know that the ratio of the size of Jupiter to the size of Texas is NOT a multiple of 6? WTF is up with that, ya know?
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#8
11-11-2007, 12:59 AM
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Re: A coincidence that bothers me
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Using wikipedia numbers I get that the sun is 389.17 times as far away as the moon. The sun is 400.67 times as big. If they were significantly closer I would agree, but those numbers are far enough apart that it's just a coincidence and probably has no real implications. [/ QUOTE ] C'mon you can find some data much more significantly closer if you just keep looking. Must try harder. [/ QUOTE ] All the numbers have at least 6 decimal places. Unless the numbers are wrong, the answer can't be much closer than what I figured, unless I screwed up somewhere. [/ QUOTE ] not the precision of the measurements but the quantity of them. Measure enough paramteres of enough objects and you'll find any plenty of 'significant' closeness. [/ QUOTE ] As anyone who argues about sports can surely attest.
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#9
11-10-2007, 12:13 AM
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Re: A coincidence that bothers me
Drift over time? At some point they must have been exact or will be.
With stellar/planetary sizes, I think you can cred it as an insignificant difference. You wouldn't be able to reassemble the continents now without some serious magma help or silly putty anyway.
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