https://briankoberlein.com/2015/01/08/martian-chronicles/ Brian Koberlein Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:22:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1 https://briankoberlein.com/2015/01/08/martian-chronicles/#comment-6113 Sun, 27 May 2018 16:51:14 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=4337#comment-6113 Ahah that explains! Thank you for your reply 🙂

]]> https://briankoberlein.com/2015/01/08/martian-chronicles/#comment-5948 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 20:16:25 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=4337#comment-5948 Unfortunately, Helden’s 2010 book from the University of Chicago Press makes it clear that neither Flamsteed’s nor Cassini’s measurements deserve much credibility, which is why Halley didn’t believe in the results.

]]> https://briankoberlein.com/2015/01/08/martian-chronicles/#comment-5793 Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:43:52 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=4337#comment-5793 Yes, because in astronomy the scale of the solar system is typically measured relative to an astronomical unit (the distance from the Earth to the Sun). That is what they were technically trying to determine.

]]> https://briankoberlein.com/2015/01/08/martian-chronicles/#comment-5792 Mon, 25 Dec 2017 10:34:47 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=4337#comment-5792 Interesting! Thank you for sharing. I did wonder: first you mention that Cassini and Flamsteed were doing a competition for measuring the distance to Mars, and in the end you suddenly compare their calculated distances to the sun?

]]> https://briankoberlein.com/2015/01/08/martian-chronicles/#comment-1791 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 06:42:26 +0000 https://briankoberlein.com/?p=4337#comment-1791 Wondering what your take on Eridanus void is, the CMB cold spot. Any speculation?

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