RE: The Gospel of Plutarch
May 23, 2012 at 10:27 am
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2012 at 10:28 am by FallentoReason.)
(May 23, 2012 at 10:20 am)Phil Wrote:(May 23, 2012 at 10:05 am)FallentoReason Wrote: [*]Divide 4320 by 2 to get the diameter of the moon (2,160 miles);The diameter is 2159.1 miles.Quote:[*]multiply 432,000 by 2 to get the diameter of the sun (864,000 miles)Diameter of the sun is 864327.3 miles.Quote:[*]square 432 to get the speed of light (186,624 miles per second).Speed of light is 186282 mps.
Damn, wrong on all three counts. Guess numerology really is a bunch of woo.
Adding up the errors to a total of 670.2 and dividing through the sum of the 3 numbers gives us a percentage error of .06%.
Not bad for someone living 2000 years ago!
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