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Plaeides And Orion Question

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Posted by Mick Horg on December 15, 2003 05:00:25 UTC

This is a question from complete ignorance of astronomy and religion... however i met this guy recently who was into astronomy and he said that the constellation of Orion is bound by forces that keep each star a fixed distance from each other. He also said Plaeides is a constellation where the stars constantly getting futher away from each other.

He was then talking about the link between some religions and astronomy and mentioned the bible had a verse about Pleaides and Orion which was in line with the above fact(in the book of Joab?), that seems to have been written years before this fact was discovered. Can some one confirm/deny this?

Sounded a little too unlikely to me, but I thought this would be a good site to lodge this question.

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Pleades and Orion - thewitt - December 15, 2003 - 05:12 UTC
- Most Pleides stars are aunder 450 ly away from here - quiet - December 15, 2003 - 11:24 UTC
  - 4 ly, 10's of ly, 100's of ly, thousands of ly - thewitt - December 15, 2003 - 17:19 UTC
    - Thank you ... Harv? - quiet - December 15, 2003 - 18:25 UTC
      - Dear Thewitt... - mikeh - December 16, 2003 - 00:10 UTC
        
        I do not know - thewitt - December 16, 2003 - 22:27 UTC
        
        Anyone know the answer to this? - mikeh - December 17, 2003 - 00:07 UTC
        
        reference to the answer found... - mikeh - December 17, 2003 - 07:43 UTC
        
        That essay is biased and selective - wandaqueen - December 17, 2003 - 13:59 UTC
        
        Wanda gives true information; still, we could give some credit - quiet - December 18, 2003 - 04:35 UTC
        
        Read good enough - thewitt - December 17, 2003 - 19:29 UTC
        
        But is it actually talking science... - mikeh - December 18, 2003 - 03:33 UTC
        
        And it's a very pretty page. - quiet - December 19, 2003 - 06:20 UTC
        
        And another thing - mikeh - December 18, 2003 - 03:38 UTC
        
        Hebrew Scriptures - thewitt - December 18, 2003 - 17:20 UTC
        
        so the same could be said for Genesis - mikeh - December 19, 2003 - 00:15 UTC
        
        Orion in winter - thewitt - December 19, 2003 - 17:30 UTC
        
        pl and orion - mikeh - December 22, 2003 - 05:52 UTC

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