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Re: Venus?

Thanks, John. I guess the observation that approximately the same part of Venus faces the Earth every other time it passes between us and the sun is no more or less coincidental than Earth and Mars having approximately the same length of day. Just a couple of those coincidences that new agers are so fond of.
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-----Original Message-----
From: John S. Denker [mailto:jsd@MONMOUTH.COM]
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:27
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: Venus?


Gary Karshner wrote:

If memory serves one of the curiosities of Venus rotation
and revolution is that the same side of the planet faces the Earth
each time it passes us.

Herbert H Gottlieb wrote:
*** But the the same side of Venus always faces the SUN
as it rotates and revolves about the SUN. It's the SUN
and not the EARTH as you have apparenty erred above.

Please, no more "if memory serves" stuff.
I call those "memorrhoids".
To relieve the itching and burning sensation,
apply some facts:

http://www.the-solar-system.net/planet-venus/venus-fact-sheet.html

All three are quite different:
-- Venus year
-- Venus day
-- synodic period.