kallis@pen.DEC (04/05/85)
The copy to this teaser dropped out, but the question os interesting because it can be taken so many ways. For instance, it could mean: 1) What is the highest point "above"/"below" the plane of the ecliptic that Venus gets? 2) (Granting that the Venerean orbit has the least eccentricity of any planet) What is the Venerian aphelion? 3) What is the greatest surface temperature reached by Venus? 4) And, for those hideously Geocentric (Ptolemiac -- but we went *beyond* that with Copernicus, didn't we?) types, what's Venus' greatest Eastern or Western Elongation? It would be interesting to see what the writer(s) meant.
naiman@pegasus.UUCP (Ephrayim J. Naiman) (04/10/85)
<munch, munch> > The copy to this teaser dropped out, but the question os interesting > because it can be taken so many ways. For instance, it could > mean: > > 1) What is the highest point "above"/"below" the plane of the > ecliptic that Venus gets? > > 2) (Granting that the Venerean orbit has the least eccentricity > of any planet) What is the Venerian aphelion? > > 3) What is the greatest surface temperature reached by Venus? > > 4) And, for those hideously Geocentric (Ptolemiac -- but we > went *beyond* that with Copernicus, didn't we?) types, what's > Venus' greatest Eastern or Western Elongation? > > It would be interesting to see what the writer(s) meant. How about the brightest (highest intensity/brightness) it gets. -- ==> Ephrayim J. Naiman @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6259 Paths: [ihnp4, allegra, ahuta, maxvax, cbosgd, lzmi, ...]!pegasus!naiman