“585” – A New “Wonder Number”

Recently I wrote about approximations of an oversized Mercury Synodic Period of 117 days rather than a more accurate value of 116. 117 comes from more orthodox literature on Mayan calendars and discussion of the scant few surviving Mayan codices. Th same literature advises us of a variation on the Venus Synodic Period of 585Continue reading ““585” – A New “Wonder Number””

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