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to the 4, always doubling the last numbers.
You then get the planetary distances.
Mercury, dist.– 4 4 + 0 = 4 Venus ” 7
4 + 3 = 7 Earth ” 10 4 + 6 = 10 Mars ”
15 4 + 12 = 16 – 4 + 24 = 28 Jupiter dist.
52 4 + 48 = 52 Saturn ” 95 4 + 96 = 100
(Uranus) ” 192 4 + 192 = 196 – 4 + 384 =
388
All the five planets, and the earth, fitted
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