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Old 03-November-2008, 01:52 AM
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Attached picture shows the solar system as a set of sine waves mapped on a cylinder. Sine waves with periods corresponding to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are mapped with equal amplitude. Contact points between these functions mark the conjunction points between the planets when the sine waves are viewed as a 2-D representational of a 3-D cylinder. The 5-2 Jupiter Saturn orbital relation over each sixty years is clearly apparent by viewing the sequence of the waves at the top and bottom of the diagram.

Edit to add - Cylindrical sine wave solar system model puts bars connecting equivalent points on the cylinder. The Jupiter-Saturn 5-2 pattern from the sine wave image is illustrated on the purple bars on the central spiral, while periodic patterns in the outer planets are roughly indicated in the red green and blue bars.
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File Type: jpg Cylinder Sine Wave Solar System.JPG (102.4 KB, 25 views)
File Type: jpg 3D Spirals Jupiter Saturn Neptune Conjunctions.jpg (128.3 KB, 16 views)

Last edited by Robert Tulip; 03-November-2008 at 03:59 AM.. Reason: Add second picture
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