Hi O

Angle turned toward Alexandria is as near as I can calculate 40 degrees + or -

Soooooooooooooo ....

Tan of 40 degrees even is 0.83909963117728001176312729812318 reciprical is 1.1917535925942099587053080718604.

Now if we propose 1:1.917535925942099587053080718604 then it almost equals exactly the angle produced by the ratio of earth rotation to Mars rotation in Earth days which is 686.98 / 365.24 = 1.8809002299857627861132406089147 divided into 360 degrees equals 191.39771172377652915659844536959 / 100 = 1.9139771172377652915659844536959

1.19139771172377652915659844536959 recipricated = 0.83935027754346421551330634953413

Tan of 0.83935027754346421551330634953413 = 40.008 degrees

Awfully close.

Best
Don Barone

"There is nothing as impenetrable as a closed mind"
and ..." if everything is a coincidence what is the point of studying or measuring or analyzing anything ?" db