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Originally Posted by Nereid
rtomes: Of interest is something else that just came to mind. Have a look at the average rotational velocity of the inner planets relative to the Sun. They show clear 12 and 6 km/s multiples. Most are very close with only Venus off by 1 km/s. Also an analysis of nearby star radial velocities shows a slight tendency to more being at multiples of 12 km/s.
Nereid: What sources are you using, as inputs to your analysis?
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It doesn't matter what source you use for the planets. The planetary data are known to high accuracy. You just have to use v=2*pi*r/t where r=mean radius of planets orbit and t=orbital time.
For the inner planets you get in km/s Me=47.9, Ve=35.0, Ea=29.8, Ma=24.1 and from memory Ceres is close to 18.0. When looked at as multiples of 6 km/s, the deviations are 0.1, 1.0, 0.2 and 0.1, all extremely small except venus which is a little off.
For the stars I used a catalogue, but I won't present this as it is not as strong a case as the others. I just mention it as these things are all pervading. Once you have done all this with me you will probably start to notice these values popping up everywhere.