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jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• MadLegoChemist@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was curious about this too. From random web searching (Syfy.com), the sun is 200,000 times brighter than the moon in the visible light region of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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  • jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I know human perception is logarithmic. I’m interested why it was thought it was 7x brighter. “Sevenfold as the seven days in one” it seems?

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    • vala@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think sevenfold means n^7 not n*7.

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      • jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/sevenfold

        n*7

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    • MadLegoChemist@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I didn’t know about logarithmic perception, that’s interesting! I bet you’re right about 7x being chosen due to the significance of the number seven in the Bible.

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• vithigar@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was surprised to see that they dug a verse from the Book of Enoch. It’s not even considered to be canon within Christianity or Judaism.

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