Thread: Inferior Conjunctions of Venus with Earth
View Single Post
  #30 (permalink)  
Old 15-December-2008, 07:02 PM
Robert S. Fritzius's Avatar
Robert S. Fritzius Robert S. Fritzius is offline
Established Member
  
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Starkville, Mississippi
Posts: 203
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDon View Post
In the ATM section in the "Is Venus Bugging Us?" thread someone is passing on a theory that influenza outbreaks coincide with the conjunctions. As I'm kind of being ignored there I'd thought I'd ask this here.

One: What the heck is a inferior conjunction of Venus with Earth?

Two: Do they ever occur outside of the Autumn/Winter months?
Big Don,

One:
The phrase "inferior conjunction of Venus with Earth" is a mis-use of astronomical terminology. What I was talking about was an "inferior conjunction of Venus with respect to the Sun [as viewed from earth]."

Thanks for catching the problem. [My bad!] Corrections are being made.

Two:

They can occur any time of the year.

I have a webpage that shows calculated dates for them from 1874 thru 2017 at: http://www.datasync.com/~rsf1/vel/1918ics.htm

Bob Fritzius
Reply With Quote