Laird Scranton Wrote:
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> Carol wrote:
>
> Laird, if Venus were 'out of its orbit' as
> recently as Copernicus' time, we'd still see the
> effects of it.
>
> Could you give me examples of the types of effects
> we should be seeing, but aren't?
>
> Likely effects I do see include:
>
> The great Red Spot storm on Jupiter that's large
> enough to have potentially ejected planet-sized
> bodies.
>
> The short-term comets whose orbits gravitate to
> Jupiter.
>
> One Galilean moon, whose resonance with the other
> three has been disrupted in ways that are
> difficult to explain.
>
> Crustal damage on Mars that is consistent with
> planet impact.
>
> The apparent rotational resonance that exists
> between Venus and the Earth.
>
> I can extend this list, if need be.
>
> - Laird


Laird,

The most basic reason, and the one Velikovskians cannot explain away is that if Venus was gallivanting around the solar system in historic times, as you seem to think possible, there is NO way it would have settled into an almost circular orbit, the most circular and least eccentric in the solar system, in the time frame allowed, without having also disturbed the orbits of Earth and Mars, and the moon's orbit around earth. It's just not possible.

Really, this is the last comment I want to make on this thread. We went through this in July, so it's pointless re-hashing it all over again.

Carol