posted December 01, 2004 09:35 AM
The number 108 has lots of weird significances i've read in history/religion and believes and the science world. (Just as the number 137 does for the speed of light, electrons, quantum mechanics. This number always comes up in calculations.) I also read that 18 is supposed to have some sort of significance too...(I read some info on these numbers here: http://www.orientalthane.com/sanskrit/news_nov_30.htm )
* Distance between earth and sun = 108 times sun-diameter
* Distance between earth and moon = 108 times moon-diameter
* Diameter of the sun = 108 times the earth diameter
To me, that's a bit too much of a coincidence... Unless we're making a huge mistake in the way we calculate things.
That's to Weird eh? Now check this out:
I looked this up and the Sun is shown to be off center from the Galactic center by about 18 kiloparsecs...
If you look into how Kiloparsecs work you can come down to see how their measurements work:
Definition of a Kiloparsec. An astronomical unit of length, equal to the distance at which the radius of the Earth's orbit subtends an angle of one arcsecond. The name is a contraction of "parallax-second." One parsec = 3.259 light-years, or 30.83 trillion
km (19.16 trillion miles). It is generally used by astronomers in preference to the light-year. 1,000 pc = 1 kiloparsec (kpc).
Definition of a Arc-second. An angular measurement. There are 60 arc-seconds in one arc-minute, 60 arc-minutes in one degree, and 360 degrees in a full circle. One thousandth of an arc-second = 1 milliarc-second.
NOTE THAT PIE NEVER ENDS, so you can never have a perfect circle.
here is what I just did for fun and check out the number I got:
108+108+108+18+18? = 360
Distance between earth and sun = 108 times sun-diameter + Distance between earth and moon = 108 times moon-diameter + Diameter of the sun = 108 times the earth diameter + Distance of Sun to Center of Galaxy (in Kiloparsecs) + 18? (Just a guess)
I wonder what the last 18 would be? It adds up to a full circle though.. lol
1+0+8+1+0+8+1+0+8+1+8+1+8 = 45
45 x 18 = 360
this probably means nothing but it's just strange to me...