Re: Venus?

[Michael Burns-Kaurin <mburns-k@SPELMAN.EDU>]

I think Velikovsky's idea was that Venus was somehow ejected from Jupiter,
bounced around the solar system for a while, then settled into its present
orbit.  Presumably at some point Venus approached Earth and exerted its
mysterious torque, then left.  I suppose conservation of angular momentum
would let Earth start rotating again.

If I recall correctly, he also ties this into the rain of manna and several
other biblical stories.

Michael Burns-Kaurin
Spelman College





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How would the sudden appearance of Venus in a nearby orbit exert a torque
on
Earth to change its rotation rate?

What would exert the torque necessary for Earth's rotation rate to return
to
its pre-Venus value?

Dr. Paul O. Johnson
Senior Exhibit Developer
The Science Place
Dallas  Texas

----- Original Message -----
> At 12:22 AM -0700 1/30/03, Jim Green wrote:
>
> > Stop laughing for a second and think if there is even the remotest
> > possibility that this Venus story has any basis in science of any kind.
> >
> > Now continue laughing.
> >
> > Comments?
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> > Jim Green
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