Planet V

[John Kierein]

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/fifth_planet_020318.html

V for Velikovsky?

[aurorae]

On 2002-03-19 07:57, John Kierein wrote:

V for Velikovsky?


Did you forget a smiley? In case the answer is no,

the article didn't mention anything about Venus being spit of of Jupiter and careening through the solar system, causing destruction in historical times on Earth, before settling into a perfectly stable orbit. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif

The article did mention the number 5, which could be a V in Roman Numerals. And it was a rather interesting theory.

Did Phil cover anything on Vel in his book?



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: aurorae on 2002-03-19 10:43 ]</font>

[GrapesOfWrath]

The V clearly stands for "five," but I'd bet Chambers and Lissauer, if they were the ones responsible for the name Planet V, were aware of the double meaning before they went public with it.

And Phil's book has a whole chapter, chapter 18, named Worlds in Derision: Velikovsky vs. Modern Science.