You know you’re on the cutting edge of something when you have to start posting retractions and revisions on a regular basis. I feel terrible about posting half-baked material, but I do so in the hope that others can help spot errors, that others might be inspired by something that jumps out of them in spite of the mess, or that if life offers surprises that prevent finishing some work, that others may be able to pick up the ball and take things from there.
With this research, we’ve already seen a number of good things come out of the exchange of ideas, whether those ideas are necessarily right or wrong. They’re often close, at very least, and as always there may simply be more than one right way to go about interpreting ancient architecture.
I’ve gone over my recent attempt at planetary values with a somewhat more critical eye, rather than just being glad I got anything to work, I’m starting to get a little bit pickier about how accurate some of the values are.
For now, I’ve re-adjusted the values for the Venus Synodic Period, Mars Orbital Period, and Mars Synodic Period so that they now read
Venus Synodic Period (VSP) – textbook value: 583.92 d
A: 583.6100178 B: 584.0321293 C: 583.8071585
Mars Orbital Period (MOP) textbook value: 686.971 d
A: 687.0524254 B: 687.5493542 C: 687.2845026
Mars Synodic Period (MSP) textbook value: 779.96 d
A: 779.2727283 B: 779.8340165 C: 779.5336159
David Kenworthy has kindly referred me to the work of Norman Stockdale and Peter Harris
https://www.megalithic.co.uk/downloads/Megalithic_Architecture_Harris.pdf
I think they’re rediscovered Munck’s “Alternate Pi” without realizing it, which is quite amazing.
Perhaps more importantly, I’m seeing some things in their work may help to get the Mercury OP and SP values sorted out, which would come as quite a blessing.
Anyway, hang in there – this is a very complicated bit of work that might see still more retractions, corrections, or revisions, but it still seems to be taking shape and moving in the right direction.
–Luke Piwalker
Luke Piwalker 