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by jacobolus
1739 days ago
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As mentioned already, ancient peoples didn’t know that Earth is 3rd planet from the sun and Saturn is 6th. But Saturn also has a ~30 earth-year long year, which means it goes about 1/12 of the way around its orbit each Earth year, relevant to hexagons which have symmetry axes at 12ths of a turn. (No idea if this is the source of any association between Saturn and hexagons.) |
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With a ~30 Earth-year long year, Saturn of course goes about 1/30 of the way around its orbit each Earth year; this would just as closely relate it to a pentagon as a hexagon. It’s Jupiter with a ~12 Earth-year long year that would go about 1/12 of the way around its orbit each Earth year.
Saturn and Jupiter together have orbits that return to about the same state every ~60 years.