Mercury as Astronomical Unit (AU),
For Distance, Orbital Periodicity and Velocity

By Charles William Johnson

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Mercury as Astronomical Unit for Distance (Space)

In previous essays, I have considered employing the distance between the Sun and the planet Mercury as the astronomical unit 1.0 (AU), instead of the commonly accepted distance between the Sun and the planet Earth. The reasoning is simple. Since the planet Mercury occupies the inner limit of the planetary bodies within the solar system, as we know it, it appears to be more relevant to employ such a boundary for measurement, and not a planetary body that occupies an internal position such as Earth which is three planetary bodies removed from the Sun.

One could possibly consider employing the distance between the Sun and the planet Pluto as the outer limit of the solar system, but there does not seem to exist a consensus whether Pluto is actually a planet or a satellite of one of the other planetary bodies. Therefore, I consider using the inner limit of the solar system, which is defined by the distance between the Sun and Mercury for the astronomical unit of space.

The numbers that relate to the planet Mercury as representing the astronomical unit 1.0 are listed below as they appeared in my original essay on this theme a few years back. To read the entire study, please, visit my web-site, www.earthmatrix.com. And, given the elliptical nature of the paths of the planets spiraling around the Sun, the numbers are to be observed with those complex relationships in mind.

The Planet Mercury as Astronomical Unit (1.0) -AU

Note the manner in which the inner limit, Mercury's distance, and the out limit, Pluto's distance, form a fractal range of nearly unit 100.0 between themselves (1.0 | 101.333). When the planet Earth is assigned the value of astronomical unit 1.0, this fractal range is not immediately apparent as in the following numbers ( .39 | 39.52). Observe the following numbers relating to Earth as unit 1.0 for the astronomical unit.

Now, if it is acceptable to consider the space (distance) between the Sun and Mercury as relevant to the other astronomical distances in the Universe, then one also must consider employing data from Mercury in terms of time (orbital periodicity) and movement (orbital velocity). In this essay, then, I will present the assigned value of unit 1.0 to Mercury's orbital period and to its orbital velocity in considering their relationship to the other planets' related data.

Mercury as Astronomical Unit for Orbital Periodicity (Time)

Within the theoretical conception of spacetime/movement, the following data relate to the aspect of time, the orbital periodicity of the planets.

Mercury as Unit 1.0 for Orbital Period (Days)

In considering the paths of the planets "around": the Sun, one must remember that the paths of the planets are ellipses, but also spirals throughout space. So, the starting point on a particular path is not the point of return of that planet. One must visualize the cycle of the path as that of a locknut washer, where the end point of a complete revolution is ahead of the begin point.

Mercury as Unit 1.0 for Orbital Period (Days)

Mercury as Astronomical Unit for Orbital Velocity (Movement)

Within the theoretical conception of spacetime/movement, the folowing data relate to the aspect of movement, the mean orbital velocity of the planets.

The following numbers reflect the mean orbital velocity of the planets considered as of the mean orbital velocity of Mercury assigned the unit value of 1.0 Again, the numerical progression is easier to comprehend when the mean orbital velocity of Mercury is assigned the value 1.0, as it relates directly to the entire fractal system of numbers ( range 1.0 | .0989 ), nearly a fractal system of 1:100. Note the value for the mid-point of the range at Mars ( .5039 ).

Mercury as Unit 1.0 for Mean Orbital Velocity (km/sec)

With regard to the velocity of the planets, given the fact that the entire solar system is spiraling through space, the cited mean velocity of the planets in the numbers that follow do not consider the forward movement of the entire solar system. The mean orbital velocity simply reflects the speed of a planet revolving around the Sun on a spiraling path.

Mercury as Unit 1.0 for Mean Orbital Velocity (km/sec)

From the preceding assignment of unit values to the different spcetime/movement aspects of the planet Mercury, the impression is obtained that the range of values in each case (distance, orbital periodicity and velocity) are more relevant than the results produced by assigning the planet Earth the baseline unit 1.0 value. The position of the planet Mercury as the first planet next to the Sun appears to establish the need for identifying the different relationships cited as being reflective of the inner limits of the planetary bodies of the solar system.

Some General Observations

The theoretical midpoint for the aspect of space (distance) would lie around Uranus.

The Planet Mercury as Astronomical Unit (1.0) -AU for Distance

Mercury as Unit 1.0 for Orbital Period (Days)

If the planet of Pluto is not in fact a planet, but a satellite of another planet, then the relationship of Mars | Neptune as representing the two outer planets of the bi-gravitational system becomes significant and the corresponding numbers take on a distinct meaning as well.

The numbers such as 686.6 (1.3732c) have been discussed throughout the Earth/matriX series of essays, especially with regard to ancient reckoning numbers and the Earth/matriX thermodynamic temperature scales (1.3661). However, a discussion of this theme would require an additional essay at this point. Suffice it to say, that the use of the data relating to the measurements of the planet Mercury in different aspects of spacetime/movement are extremely significant in my mind, and require further exploration.

In case, the reader missed my essay on the multi-gravitational solar system, it is fitting to repeat them here. It is only logical that if the distance between the Sun and the planet Mercury may be considered to be astronomical unit 1.0, then the same conceptual procedure may apply to the orbital times of the planets, in as much as distance and time are intricately related in spacetime/movement. I can only see positive results from considering the orbital period of Mercury as a baseline unit 1.0 measurement for other astronomical periods, as well as considering the mean orbital velocity as unit 1.0 for Mercury. Consider this:

One revolution of the solar system around the galaxy, the galactic cycle or the solar cycle, consists of 225,000,000 years.

225,000,000 x 365.256360 = 8.2182681 x10¹⁰ x 86400 seconds/day equals

7.100583638 x10¹⁵ total number of seconds one solar cycle.

87.66144 days of Mercury orbital period x 86400 seconds equals

7573948.416 seconds

Now, do the obvious, divide the number of seconds in one solar cycle by the number of seconds in one orbit of Mercury:

7.100583638 fractal / 7.573948.416 fractal = .937500924

1 / .937500924 = 1.06665615

Other estimations exist for the galactic year as being 226,000,000 years. But, the planet Venus is considered to be the clock of the solar system by some scholars. What if the galactic year approached the value for the planet Venus' sidereal orbital time in days: 224.701 fractal.

224,701,000 years x 365.256360 = 88.207346935 x10¹⁰ then,
88.207346935 x10¹⁰ x 86400 seconds/day equals
7.091147752 x10¹⁵ total number of seconds in one solar cycle.

87.66144 days of Mercury orbital period x 86400 seconds equals

7573948.416 seconds

Again, do the obvious and divide the number of seconds in one solar cycle by the number of seconds in one orbit of Mercury, the astronomical unit of time:

7.091147752 fractal / 7573948.416 fractal = 9362550894

1 / 9362550894 = 1.068084982

Today, the barycenter of the solar system (i.e., Sun | Jupiter system) is computed to be between 1.066 and 1.068 solar radii. As illustrated by the procedure in this essay, the same/similar proportion is to be found on distinct levels of the measurement of distance, time and movement within matter-energy in the Universe. This becomes especially visible when the inner limit of the solar system, the Sun | Mercury distance, orbital period and velocity, is taken to be unit 1.0 in relation to the other planetary bodies of the solar system.

With Mercury's tilt of axis at 0.00 degrees, one could consider Mercury as the baseline for assigning it the unit 1.0 for comparison of the tilt of axis of the other planets. But, that consideration requires a separate essay.

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Patterns of Symmetry among the Planets: Mercury/Sun as Astronomical Unit. (pdf)

The Symmetry of The Earth and The Solar System (pdf)

The Distance of the Planets from the Sun And Their Atmospheric Composition

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