Venus and Earth reveal a phi relationship
Venus and the Earth are linked in an unusual relationship involving phi. Start by letting Mercury represent the basic unit of orbital distance and period in the solar system:
| Planet |
Distance
from
the sun
in km (000) |
Distance
where
Mercury
equals 1 |
Period
where
Mercury
equals 1 |
| Mercury |
57,910 |
1.0000 |
1.0000 |
| Venus |
108,200 |
1.8684 |
2.5490 |
| Earth |
149,600 |
2.5833 |
4.1521 |
Curiously enough we find:
Ö Period of Venus * Phi = Distance of the Earth
Ö 2.5490 * 1.6180339 = 1.5966 * 1.6180339 = 2.5833
In addition, Venus orbits the Sun in 224.695 days while Earth orbits the Sun in 365.242 days, creating a ratio of 8/13 (both Fibonacci numbers) or 0.615 (roughly phi.) Thus 5 conjunctions of Earth and Venus occur every 8 orbits of the Earth around the Sun and every 13 orbits of Venus.
Mercury, on the other hand, orbits the Sun in 87.968 Earth days, creating a conjunction with the Earth every 115.88 days. Thus there are 365.24/115.88 conjunctions in a year, or 22 conjunctions in 7 years, which is very close to Pi!
See more relationships at the Solar Geometry site.
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