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[HEX] #203 - Ecliptic

**Posted:** Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:47 am

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neopuff34 · Decorated Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Posts: 163

Whoa. I can't read the words on the side, but that is one nice looking card.

[not so suttle hint to transcribe the words on the side please]

**Posted:** Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:58 pm

echidna

The words read:

'In how many millenia will I return to my first point?'

The other bit of text is more of the mysterious numbers that are being discussed elsewhere.

**Posted:** Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:01 pm

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Dragonscales · Guest

Can confirm the answer is NOT:

**Posted:** Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:13 am

aliendial

Any thoughts on which ecliptic, what the objects are, is that the Horsehead Nebula, does it matter? Does the cube above the blue object mean that is Earth, where the cube is? Does that make the red thing the sun? So is the question how many millenia it will take for the entire galaxy to rotate so that earth or the sun gets back to the same point? But if the galaxy is moving or rotating in the universe, and/or the universe is still expanding, will we ever return to the same point? Foily!

**Posted:** Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:34 am

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Am 'I' the cube (which appears to be at the north pole) or the Earth?

**Posted:** Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:17 am

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Arkai · Veteran Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 74 Location: London

Judging by the orbit of the planet, I would say that the planet is not Earth anyway. Maybe PXP?

**Posted:** Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:33 am

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anneinedu2 · Greenhorn Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 4

Besides Precession

**Posted:** Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:52 pm

domroberts · Veteran Joined: 28 Apr 2006 Posts: 108 Location: England

This card must be to do with the ecliptic orbit of the Earth - the cube indicates it is Earth as we know it is hidden here somewhere.

The cycle is known as :

**Posted:** Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:03 pm

Allattar · Greenhorn Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 8

edit: found proper discussion of those long numbers here

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16138&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

edit:
Has anyone signed this card? I can only find image courtesy of Nasa on it

**Posted:** Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:19 am

hendo77 · Boot Joined: 30 Jul 2006 Posts: 51

Von's Hint:

**Posted:** Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:49 am

fretty

I guess Von uses wikipedia aswell, or some perplex city variant:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic

**Posted:** Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:59 am

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**Posted:** Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:29 am

Allattar · Greenhorn Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 8

Can we get a hint as to how you solved it?

And the answer is just in numbers of millenia? or should it be specified as years?

**Posted:** Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:13 am

fretty

Are you sure the answer's 25800, it says return to first point, this is probably a different value that for one complete cycle. On wikipedia it says that we have already been going for 5000 years, so shouldn't the answer be 20800 years.

**Posted:** Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:26 am