POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.object-collection : SolarSystemOrrery : Re: SolarSystemOrrery Server Time
26 Jul 2024 19:38:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: SolarSystemOrrery  
From: Kenneth
Date: 16 Sep 2018 19:50:00
Message: <web.5b9eeb44a37e2080a47873e10@news.povray.org>
"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> >
> > https://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/planets_orbits_table.html
>
> What I find strange about Ceres is its orbital period around the Sun-- 4,999
> years.

Oops-- that's 4.99 years (off by only 10 to the third power!!) My eyes played
tricks on me.

But's that's still quite strange, given its relative distance from the sun.


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