I have a collection of 108 spoons.It was 122, but I've thrown 14 away.
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Mu Dinofiddler,
Wed 20 Jul 2011, 13:53,
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come on you stubborn bugger ;)which element has been most associated with the moon by ancient yogis (which is where I sourced this info)?
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Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi,
Wed 20 Jul 2011, 13:56,
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catrhymes with stubborn twat!
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Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi,
Wed 20 Jul 2011, 14:07,
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I'm just giving myself a reason to not get back to workusing the righteous banner of SCIENCE as my excuse.
( Mu Dinofiddler,
Wed 20 Jul 2011, 14:09,
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scienceDistance between earth and sun = 108 x sun-diameter
sun diameter:
-1,392,000 km ("Sun" Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. 6th ed. Columbia University Press, 2003)
- 1,400,000 km (Namowitz, Samuel N. and Spaulding, Nancy E. Earth Science. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell Company, 1999)
- 1,390,000 km (The Amazing Structure of the Sun. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2003)
- 1,380,000 km (Namowitz, Samuel N., and Nancy E. Spaulding. Heath Earth Science. Lexington, MA: Heath, 1994: 398.)
The distance between the earth and the Sun is called an Astrological Unit (AU).
1 AU = 149,597,870.691 kilometers
Even though this is the number given there are multiple places where variability gets into the numbers. One way is the elliptical orbit of the earth around the Sun.
Perihelion: 147.5 million km, about January 4th
Aphelion 152.6 million km, about July 4th (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast04jan_1.htm)
Taking the mean distance between the earth and the Sun ( 149,597,870.691 km) and dividing it by the most commonly used diameter of the Sun (1,392,000 km) =
107.46973469181034482758620689655. which is 1% within 108
108 also turns up with calculating the other distances and circumferences too
(sun diameter:
-1,392,000 km ("Sun" Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. 6th ed. Columbia University Press, 2003)
- 1,400,000 km (Namowitz, Samuel N. and Spaulding, Nancy E. Earth Science. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell Company, 1999)
- 1,390,000 km (The Amazing Structure of the Sun. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2003)
- 1,380,000 km (Namowitz, Samuel N., and Nancy E. Spaulding. Heath Earth Science. Lexington, MA: Heath, 1994: 398.)
The distance between the earth and the Sun is called an Astrological Unit (AU).
1 AU = 149,597,870.691 kilometers
Even though this is the number given there are multiple places where variability gets into the numbers. One way is the elliptical orbit of the earth around the Sun.
Perihelion: 147.5 million km, about January 4th
Aphelion 152.6 million km, about July 4th (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast04jan_1.htm)
Taking the mean distance between the earth and the Sun ( 149,597,870.691 km) and dividing it by the most commonly used diameter of the Sun (1,392,000 km) =
107.46973469181034482758620689655. which is 1% within 108
108 also turns up with calculating the other distances and circumferences too
Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi,
Wed 20 Jul 2011, 14:12,
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Ancient Yogis?I read somewhere that an English Doctor took Meditative Stretching to India during the Raj era and gave it a name pinched out of religious text. No such thing as "Ancient" Yogis....
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jimis completed the '90s, now attempting the next level,
Wed 20 Jul 2011, 14:06,
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ok ancient teachingpractised by yogis. pedant
( Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi,
Wed 20 Jul 2011, 14:10,
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The Bhagavad Gita was also inspired by and based uponan overheard Robert Oppenheimer comment
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fuscous,
Wed 20 Jul 2011, 14:17,
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