Phi Ø - The Fibonacci Ratio 1.618 and the Solar System

Earth and the Relationship to Phi
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The Relative Mean Distance of all Planets and the largest asteroid is 1.618 when calculated in the following manner:

Planet

Mean distance
in million
kilometers
per NASA

Relative mean
distance
where
Mercury=1

Mercury

57.91

1.00000

Venus

108.21

1.86859

Earth

149.60

1.38250

Mars

227.92

1.52353

Ceres

413.79

1.81552

Jupiter

778.57

1.88154

Saturn

1,433.53

1.84123

Uranus

2,872.46

2.00377

Neptune

4,495.06

1.56488

Pluto

5,869.66

1.30580

 

Total .................................

16.18736

 

Average .....................

1.61874

 

Phi ............................

1.61803

Degree of variance ...................................

(0.00043)

The key is to compute the distance of the Earth from the Sun, where Mercury is 1. It is computed as follows:

((½ ( Ö3 + 1 )) ^ (½ ( Ö4 + 1 )) * (½ ( Ö5 + 1 )))

Note: Ö indicates the square root of x.

There is something quite incredible about this computation for Earth.

Note the repeating term ½ ( Öx + 1 ) with 3, 4, and 5

½ ( Öx + 1 )

appears in three successive terms using the integers 3, 4, and 5 for x.

The same key integers used in the most elementary example of the Pythagorean Theorem.

The third term, ½ ( Ö5 + 1 ), is Phi!

More incredible yet is that the third term,
½ ( Ö5 + 1 ), is none other than Phi, or Ø... the Fibonacci ratio 1.6180339.

The reciprocal of Ø is Ø-1, or 0.6180339... known as phi. 

This results in the relationship of 1 and Ø between Venus ¾
(raised to the ¾ power) and Earth:

Venus and the Earth are linked in an another unusual relationship involving Phi. Again, start by letting Mercury represent the basic unit of orbital distance and period in the solar system:


Distance
from
the sun
in km (000)
Distance
where
Mercury
equals 1
Period
where
Mercury
equals 1
Mercury 57,910 1.0000 1.0000
Venus 108,200 1.8684 2.5490
Earth 149,600 2.5833 4.1521

We then find:
:

Ö Period of Venus * Phi = Distance of the Earth from the Sun 

Earth = Venus ¾ * ½ ( Ö 5 + 1 ) = 2.583306

Earth = 1.596571 * 1.618034 = 2.583306


Certain planets of our solar system seem to exhibit a relationship to Phi, as shown by the following table of the time it takes to orbit around the Sun:
    Mercury    Venus     Earth    Jupiter    Saturn 
Power of Phi -3 -1 0 5 7
Decimal Result 0.24 0.62 1.0 11.1 29.0
Actual Period 0.24 0.62 1.0 11.9 29.5

 

Saturn and the Cassini division

One additional example... The Cassini division in the rings of Saturn falls at the Golden Section of the width of the ring.the rings of Saturn falls at the Golden Section of the width of the ring.

The average of the mean orbital distances of each successive planet in relation to the one before it approximates phi: