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One of the cool things about the path of Venus relative to Earth is that the pattern forms a pentagram [0]. Watching an animation [1] of the path reminds me of
by jihadjihad 3y ago
One of the cool things about the path of Venus relative to Earth is that the pattern forms a pentagram [0]. Watching an animation [1] of the path reminds me of the Spirograph toy I had as a kid.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagram#Pentagram_of_Venus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagram#Pentagram_of_Venus
1: https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2019-07/ysaLqAf1.gif https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2019-07/ysaLqAf1.gif
- dylan604 3y agoi have never seen this before. now, i want to see it for the earth-moon, or the planets with a 3:2 relationship, or the..., or the.... thanks! i needed a new hobby related rabbit hole of projects for when we have cloudy skies, but still want to do something astro related.