Average Venus Today
disappears behind sun 50 days
appears as morning and evening star 263 days
disappears at close approach - average 8 days ===> Total synodic 584 days
Cuneiform tablets show Venus over 21 year period
disappearance on far side of sun longer - 65 and 90 days
evening and morning appearances shorter 240 / 241 days
Disappearance at close approach 7 days ==> Total synodic cycle 584 days
Did it ever occur to you that the old astrologer didn't own a decent pair of sunglasses?
Try it yourself. Watch Venus until you think it has disappeared into the sun and then compare your results with those on the clay tablet. And then, check the official figures and see how far off you are.
You are such an extremist! On the one hand you need bare-eyeball, Bronze Age observations to support your 'theory' of astronomy; and on the other hand: you need an Earth Orbiting Telescope to support your view of the Bronze Age Bible. Great range. Too bad it is so far off target.
This suggests that the solar system was much smaller in historical times.
OR ... It shows that the ancients didn't have sunglasses, or telescopes, or accurate clocks, or automatic calculators, or Columbian coffee, or toilet paper ... (I digress).
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