Ahatmose Wrote:
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> Clive Ross, rest his soul, also sometimes used your formula for volume but we can't ignore that using the following as per Wiki:
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> Semi major axis of Earth = 149.598 Mkm
> Semi major axis of Mars = 227.939 Mkm
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> Ratio = 1.52367
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> Therefore the difference between Earth and Mars is 78340839 km and as a ratio between Earth and Mars = .52367

[I shortened the number for besser readability]

I like that as well! Never heard about Clive Ross.

Your Mars / Earth distance ratio is great as it works without refering to any unit subdivisions and is independent from the number system used (decimal, octal, base-16). It says the ratio of the cubit is Earth to Mars distance divided by the Earth to Sun distance.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/27/2023 07:52PM by Holger Isenberg.