All things were made by Him;
and without Him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:3
"Example of geometric design in the solar system arises from the mean orbits of our innermost two planets, Mercury and Venus.
Their mean orbital radii are 0.387 AU and 0.723 AU, respectively, where 1.0 AU (astronomical unit) is the average distance of the Earth from the sun. We might ask why Mercury and Venus have these particular orbital radii (actually, these are the semimajor axes of their slightly elliptical orbital paths). Although their distances from the sun may seem arbitrary, we find that they fit a special geometric pattern.
We can see the pattern by drawing any three identical circles adjacent to each other so that each circle just touches the other two.
We can see the pattern by drawing any three identical circles adjacent to each other so that each circle just touches the other two.
Next, draw another circle that passes through the centers of the three touching circles. Call this the mean orbit of Mercury around the Sun, lying in the center of the drawing. Finally, draw a larger circle that just encloses the first three circles. Call this the average orbit of Venus around the Sun.
Using a bit of trigonometry, one can calculate that the ratio of the radius of the larger circle to the radius of the smaller circle is 1.866. Now, here’s the fun part — using NASA data for the average orbital radius of Venus and Mercury, we find that their orbital radii form a ratio of 1.868, matching our simple circle construction to 99.9 percent accuracy!
Another example of geometric design hidden in our planetary orbits relates to the average orbital radii of Earth and Mars. These can be matched to the geometry of two nested pentagons. Inscribe a circle within the inner pentagon so that the circle is tangent to each of the five faces of the figure.
Using a bit of trigonometry, one can calculate that the ratio of the radius of the larger circle to the radius of the smaller circle is 1.866. Now, here’s the fun part — using NASA data for the average orbital radius of Venus and Mercury, we find that their orbital radii form a ratio of 1.868, matching our simple circle construction to 99.9 percent accuracy!
Another example of geometric design hidden in our planetary orbits relates to the average orbital radii of Earth and Mars. These can be matched to the geometry of two nested pentagons. Inscribe a circle within the inner pentagon so that the circle is tangent to each of the five faces of the figure.
Call this the mean radius of Earth’s orbit.
Then circumscribe a larger circle so that it touches the five corners of the larger pentagon.
Call this the mean radius of Mars’s orbit.
Using trigonometry, we find the ratio of these radii to be 1.52786, which matches the actual ratio of these two planets’ mA fascinating geometric number is the Golden Ratio (approximately 1.618), which is also the limiting ratio of consecutive terms in the Fibonacci series of numbers (0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21…). Returning to the example of Venus “lapping” Earth in its orbit, we find that Venus orbits to a position between the Earth and the Sun (an “inferior conjunction”) every 584 days, or 219 days more than one Earth year. The ratio of 219/365=0.6, so every time this alignment occurs, Earth and Venus are three fifths of a circle further around the Sun. Five such alignments bring us back to the starting point after 5×584 days = 2920 days, or 8.0 Earth-years (which turns out to be 13.0 Venus-years). The relevant numbers in this analysis are 5, 8, and 13, found in sequence in the Fibonacci series. Moreover, the ratio of the orbital periods of Earth to Venus matches the value of the Golden Ratio (99.5 percent).
Additional geometric designs are apparent in the orbits of the planets, moons, and asteroids of the solar system. One or two such patterns might be adequately ascribed to coincidence, even when not predicted by gravitational interactions between the orbiting bodies. But when multiple “coincidences” appear, a thoughtful observer has reason to suspect that a conductor has orchestrated the celestial harmonies, perhaps out of sheer delight in creating a masterpiece.
Geometric design in the solar system as evidence of intelligent design was the conclusion reached by the scientist whose work most fundamentally explained the force constraining the motions of objects in the solar system, Sir Isaac Newton:
"This most beautiful System of the Sun, Planets and Comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being."
Additional geometric designs are apparent in the orbits of the planets, moons, and asteroids of the solar system. One or two such patterns might be adequately ascribed to coincidence, even when not predicted by gravitational interactions between the orbiting bodies. But when multiple “coincidences” appear, a thoughtful observer has reason to suspect that a conductor has orchestrated the celestial harmonies, perhaps out of sheer delight in creating a masterpiece.
Geometric design in the solar system as evidence of intelligent design was the conclusion reached by the scientist whose work most fundamentally explained the force constraining the motions of objects in the solar system, Sir Isaac Newton:
"This most beautiful System of the Sun, Planets and Comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being."
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