Re: Soccer-Ball Theory of Universe's topology

John Chalmers writes, "Not so fast!"

Then he quotes, "In Nature, Dr. Weeks and his colleagues write:
'Since antiquity, humans have wondered whether our universe is
finite or infinite. Now, after more than two millennia of
speculation, observational data might finally settle this
ancient question.""

Well, "might" is *IS* a mighty big word.

So, don't count on it.

These same theorists have *IGNORED* this "observational data":

In The Old Farmer's Almanac 1981, Guy Murchie popularized my theory
by reference to my publications, asking: "Is there order among the
planets? Or, as Pythagoras once put it, is there Music in the
Spheres?"

I published Arnold's Law in 1979, as follows:

Bodies_Proportion___Degreed Arcs___Fraction___Ideal Mean**
Or Perimeter

Sun__________0___________0________0____________0
Mercury______1___________3_____1/120______3.14 X10(7th)miles
Venus________2___________6______1/60______6.28
Earth________3___________9______1/40______9.42
Mars_________4__________12______1/30_____12.56
Ceres*_______8__________24______1/15_____25.13
Jupiter_____15__________45______1/8______47.12
Saturn______30__________90______1/4______94.24
Uranus______60_________180______1/2_____188.49
Neptune_____90_________270______3/4_____282.74
Pluto______120_________360______4/4_____376.99

*Ceres: prime representative of so-called "asteroids"

**means: adjusted for diameters of both bodies, sun and planet

Bill Arnold
Author of Arnold's Law

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