Re: [Phys-L] planetary alignment

[Bernard Cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org>]

On 2013, Jun 26, , at 07:09, John Clement <clement@hal-pc.org> wrote:

> A slightly more difficult assignment is to figure out how long it is between
> 3 planetary alignments for say Earth, Mars, and Jupiter.  Of course there is
> really no exact exact solution except for specific combinations of periods.
> But this can be figured fairly easily.


Another expected coincidence.  This is syzygy.   

One of the Pataphysical concepts:

Syzygy
The syzygy originally comes from astronomy and denotes the alignment of three celestial bodies in a straight line. In a pataphysical context it is the pun. It usually describes a conjunction of things, something unexpected and surprising. Serendipity is a simple chance encounter but the syzygy has a more scientific purpose. Bök mentions Jarry suggesting that the fall of a body towards a centre might not be preferable to the ascension of a vacuum towards a periphery.[29][30]
Absolute

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bc read Ubu Roi so long ago he'd forgotten it.