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CHAPTER 8 EARTH, MOON, SUN, PLANETS
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Figure 8.2. Plot of log -diameter of moon, Earth, and sun,
as a function of their celestial object numerical values (ONV).

the above statistically significant model with relative errors of about ±14% for the
moon and the Earth, and with a relative error of less than 3% for the sun.
Much smaller absolute values for the absolute errors would have been obtained
if nonlinear regression were applied to the celestial diameters in the original scale

using the above model.

8.3.3 The Planets

May other planets in the solar system obey a law similar to that in Figure 8.2?
A search in the Bible reveals that apart from the Earth, the moon, and the
sun, all other stars are never individually related to. For example: “the sun … the
moon and the stars” (Eccles. 12:2). There is reference to names that are tradition-
ally conceived to denote groups of stars, like ksil (possibly the group called Orion)
and kimah (referring to Amos and Job), or ash (occasionally aish), in reference to
Isaiah. Subsection 8.3.5 casts doubt on this perception of the names as those of
constellations of stars.
Although nonbiblical, there are Hebrew names for various known planets . Out of
curiosity, though reluctantly, we have decided this single time to deviate from the stated
restriction conveyed in the title of this book, and we have prepared a list of planets that