Re: The Harmonic Concordance debunked

"The Bad Astronomer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> By now, a lot of you have probably heard about a so-called planetary
> alignment on November 8/9 that is concurrent with the lunar eclipse.
> The astrologers (ack phhht) are calling this the Harmonic Concordance,
> and are giving it a lot of New Age mumbo-jumbo relevance. I'm sure the
> planetarians here have heard about this from the public!
>
> I have written a webpage debunking it. The address is
> http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/concordance.html, though if you
> go to my main page you'll see my punning wit and Photoshop skills.
>
> The key to this whole thing is the use of Chiron in the alignment.
> Yes, Chiron, the 200 km wide 18th magnitude ball of ice 1.8 billion km
> from the Earth.
>
> Feh.
>
> Anyway, enjoy, if you can.

Pretty tragic that something like this needs to be "debunked". Doesn't say
much for the education system, does it?

-- 
-Randy (OF+)
'Up the stairs.
Into the fire.'