[turbo_fart]

1.618.....

[lamontcg]

The wikipedia citation for that lists 24,000,000 km (0.1604 AU) and 15,000,000 miles (0.1614 AU).

The wikipedia article for that is overly precise and lists 24,200,000 km (0.16176700836 AU) and 15,040,000 mi (0.16179731467).

[Izkata]

What caught their eye is that 1.618 is the Golden Ratio.

[lamontcg]

Yes, I just explained how that wound up there.

[tejtm]

Basically, the universe is a big place for accidents to happen in, so they do.

[lamontcg]

The wikipedia edit was not an accident.

[billiam]

sounds like somebody wag tweaked the entry to make it come out as the golden ratio.