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Venus’ orbit around the Sun takes 224.7 Earth days. At first it just seems like a random number, but when scaled in time, we see that both planets interlock their orbits in a 13:8 ratio (Venus: Earth, respectively)—so for every eight years on Earth, Venus cycles around the Sun roughly 13 times. When we trace the two orbits for that time and draw a line between them each week, we see they draw a beautiful 5-fold symmetrical pattern. If we map each point when the two planets align with the Sun and run imaginary lines, we see a near-perfect 5-pointed star. - See more at: http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=67131#sthash.h7SundnZ.dpuf
Zihlo
Every 12 years an awesome flower-like shape is formed from earth and venus orbit
triscuit3000
I mean you could pick any two random planets and get some sort of spirograph pattern from comparing their orbital periods.
the12thletter
@Sagan pls
steelersteve13
Then the Catholic Church implied that the symbol is satanic, to keep women "in their place", so to speak.
heatmiser88
Anyone else see the rebel alliance insignia on the first pass?
JosephGlavin
Was expecting to be hit with cera
ATimeTravellingRobotFromTheFuture
A five pointed star, you say? Hail Satan, and have a good day.
frjackhackett
what does it mean, is there something actually drawing that pattern out? the changing view from the earth of venus?
ObviouslyNotAnFBISurveillanceVanInYourDriveway
TIL earth and Venus make a pretty legit OG Mandala pattern.
beachbum273
My god, it's full of lines
oooooohAhhhhhh
Did someone call for me?
petgoats
Have the line gradually change colours. That'd be a sick background.
GianlucaG
crazy how physics do that
buseyisgod
Ph.D. astronomer here - this is news to me! Thanks!
PleasantPheasantPhucker
Damn, crazy how an explosion made that.
poke9dude
*begins playing sburban jungle*
SmokeyQuartz
But what does it all MEAN, Basil?
thenthereshisunderwear
That's beautiful
SiOlittle2bytheOFeO
Thank you for letting that finish.
Baldknight
"Can't catch me, see ya, look at you, I circled twice and you're still here, loser! Come on loser, hurry up" -Jerk Venus to slow earth
benroger
"Jerk Venus"
Gregrox
Meanwhile Earth just calls back "Oh yeah? Well your oceans evaporated because you're literally hell! I have life, dammit!"
NipsInTheBlender
Venus and earth don't share the same orbital plane. Otherwise, this could kind of be neat.
Gregrox
Venus' inclination relative to the Earth ecliptic is only a measly 3.4 degrees. Only 3 times that of the Moon's inclination.
Bootato
Praise Lolth
TheSolace1
Its a sunflower!
himejoshi
https://www.khanacademy.org/computer-programming/homestuck-spirograph-tinkering/1932680694/14001.png Am I the only one who sees this?
SausageLordOfRainbows
Why I suck at kerbal space program
themaskedhobo
Also coincidentally 8 and 13 just so happen to be adjacent in the Fibonacci Sequence.
JCrashB
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine drawn beyond the lines of reason. Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
Volirus
One of the best songs ever <3
Nalianna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7CZIJVxFY
superanth
Dear God this is relaxing.
Nalianna
Did you ever own a spirograph? very similar :D
superanth
As a matter of fact I did. This was more fun to just watch. :)
CareBearNinjaHair
Let's just call it what it is. Spirograph.
YourMomJokes
i could say the same about your mom's vagoo
CareBearNinjaHair
Hey-o!!!
YourMomJokes
it's what happens when she throws that ass in a circle. thanks for playing.
Jimlaad43
Doesn't Orbital resonance cause enormous problems?
Sakkura
Earth and Venus aren't really in orbital resonance, we're 0.032% off from an 8:13 resonance. Tiny deviation, but enough to break the effect.
Gregrox
Only when the orbiting objects are relatively large mass compared to the parent body. Jupiter's inner three major moons are in 1:2:4.
Gregrox
If you had Earth-size moons orbiting Saturn, resonance would be a huge problem.
ZimSkathing
Such as? This is new to me
Jimlaad43
There's evidence of Jupiter and Saturn I think getting into a 1:3 resonance which sent the solar system crazy
Nalianna
Show us this evidence.
LittleEm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_tack_hypothesis
MoodyMoose
What would it look like with, let's say, an elliptical orbit?
summitshow
Illuminati.
Munstroven
People aren't that intelligent.
delusionaldaydreams
The orbits of he inner planets are elliptical, but only slightly so. They are fairly close to round.
Gregrox
Earth and Venus have much lower orbital eccentricities than Mars and Mercury's. Mercury has the highest eccentricity of the regular planets.
tibschris
Depends a lot on the ellipticities and phases of the orbits but it would probably break down into a mess really quickly.
mmmArdbeg
Similar but bent.
Combatmatt
Like a penis and another penis.
mmmArdbeg
"Oooone wiener next to another wiiiner."
LurkMasterP
what kind of crazy god would create elliptical orbits?
Gregrox
The god that created Mars, Mercury, the Pluto-Charon system, Ceres, Haumea, Sedna, Planet Nine, 67P, Haley's comet, I could go on.
Ordies
uh, I know this is a old comment, but all orbits are inherently always elliptical.l
Gregrox
Some orbits are pretty darn near circular. Especially those of some moons. Strictly speaking you'll never find a *perfectly* circular orbit.
Ordies
yes that is why I said that.