<p><strong>Coincidence</strong></p>
<p>Here're some reasons why:</p>
<ul>
<li>The speed of light is 299792458 m/s. It is also 1 s/s, 5.901e+10 feet/min, or 9457698889956.7 kilometers/year.</li>
<li>The distance from the Sun to the Earth varies between 147.1 million km and 152.1 million km.</li>
<li>The golden ratio is not 1.618, it is 1.61803398874989484820... (etc.)</li>
</ul>

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2024-06-04T05:28:52.527Z
Using the true golden ratio φ, the Sun-Earth distance equals 92458000φ ~= 149600186.532 km twice a year, near 3 April and 5 October. The next one is ~2024-Oct-5 5:23:39 UTC https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api/horizons.api?format=text&OBJ_DATA=NO&COMMAND=10&CENTER=%40399&EPHEM_TYPE=V&VEC_TABLE=6&START_TIME=%272024-Oct-5+5%3A23%3A35+UT%27&STOP_TIME=%272024-Oct-5+5%3A23%3A45%27&STEP_SIZE=10 :)
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Allure
<h3>Because when you divide a random number by a random number there is a good chance of producing <em>any</em> 5-digits combination.</h3>
<p>Same as by just inventing a number.</p>
<p>In fact, there is a 1:99999 chance, I've just now guessed the <em>exact</em> number you're just about going to think on next!</p>
<p>Or in other words: The 'Why' is simply <em>chance</em>.</p>
<p>And it is not unlikely at all. Ask a million people to guess your random 5 digits number, and it is near-certain, at least one will have guessed it.</p>
<p>What makes this &quot;coincidence&quot; even less impressive is, that you <em>only</em> get 5 digits. If there would be any causality, one would expect all of them to be correct, up to the precision of measurements.</p>

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BmyGuest
<p>It's a coincidence because the units are arbitrary human inventions. You can make that ratio anything by using the appropriate units.</p>
<p><em>Do this in natural units and show correlation of an interesting number of digits, and I'll be impressed.</em></p>

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Miss Understands
<p>When i divide 149597870700m:1.618, i get (92458)510939, the last 5 digits of speed of light, 2997(92458)?</p>

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2024-06-03T05:09:32.473Z
good grief! how did you even notice that?!  By the way, its actually 92456568737.2.... using the standard AU in m and the golden ratio to 12 s.f.
James K
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I’m voting to close this question because it's not really a question, and it has nothing to do with Astronomy
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Why when i divide the distance of sun to earth by golden ratio, the result starts with the last 5 digits of speed of light?
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# Why when i divide the distance of sun to earth by golden ratio, the result starts with the last 5 digits of speed of light?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-06-03)

When i divide 149597870700m:1.618, i get (92458)510939, the last 5 digits of speed of light, 2997(92458)?

**Tags:** the-sun, earth

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: good grief! how did you even notice that?!  By the way, its actually 92456568737.2.... using the standard AU in m and the golden ratio to 12 s.f.  
> **username_2**: I’m voting to close this question because it's not really a question, and it has nothing to do with Astronomy  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2024-06-03. Score: 13

**Coincidence**

Here're some reasons why:

* The speed of light is 299792458 m/s. It is also 1 s/s, 5.901e+10 feet/min, or 9457698889956.7 kilometers/year.
* The distance from the Sun to the Earth varies between 147.1 million km and 152.1 million km.
* The golden ratio is not 1.618, it is 1.61803398874989484820... (etc.)

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Using the true golden ratio φ, the Sun-Earth distance equals 92458000φ ~= 149600186.532 km twice a year, near 3 April and 5 October. The next one is ~2024-Oct-5 5:23:39 UTC https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api/horizons.api?format=text&OBJ_DATA=NO&COMMAND=10&CENTER=%40399&EPHEM_TYPE=V&VEC_TABLE=6&START_TIME=%272024-Oct-5+5%3A23%3A35+UT%27&STOP_TIME=%272024-Oct-5+5%3A23%3A45%27&STEP_SIZE=10 :)  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2024-06-03. Score: 6

### Because when you divide a random number by a random number there is a good chance of producing *any* 5-digits combination.

Same as by just inventing a number.

In fact, there is a 1:99999 chance, I've just now guessed the *exact* number you're just about going to think on next!

Or in other words: The 'Why' is simply *chance*.

And it is not unlikely at all. Ask a million people to guess your random 5 digits number, and it is near-certain, at least one will have guessed it.

What makes this "coincidence" even less impressive is, that you *only* get 5 digits. If there would be any causality, one would expect all of them to be correct, up to the precision of measurements.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2024-06-05. Score: 0

It's a coincidence because the units are arbitrary human inventions. You can make that ratio anything by using the appropriate units.

*Do this in natural units and show correlation of an interesting number of digits, and I'll be impressed.*


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