@neiltyson It puzzles me there are only six, as they are also equated with the 7 lucky gods Shichi Fukujin. So Japanese historically saw 7.
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@neiltyson But why? There is a theory that 7 is venerated because it's the 1st number you can't count at a glance.pic.twitter.com/qVoSBSpc1I
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@neiltyson Also that it's cos the heptagon is the simplest regular polygon not classically constructible, w compass & unmarked straightedge -
The key step. Length x has to be 'copied' from A to B.Easy w 2 marks on straightedge. Impossible without
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@neiltyson StarTrek TNG opening also evokes the Pleiades clusterpic.twitter.com/eD843mYr7b
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@theisleofkyle what'd I tell ya ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@neiltyson Is that the same as what I've heard it called "the seven sisters?" -
@myWeatherNJ Only one small question only. When do you see us getting a more substantial warmup? -
@Michaelodell10O second week of May -
@myWeatherNJ Hopefully it will stay warm all the way till fall.
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