Polar (Radius, Diameter and Circumference) of the Earth

Polar Radius: 6,356,752.3 meters, (6,356.7523 kilometers, 3,949.9028 miles).

Polar Diameter: 12,713,504.6 meters, (12,713.5046 kilometers . . . 7,899.8055 miles).
Polar Circumference: 39,940,652.65274 meters, (39,940.65265274 kilometers . . . 24,817.971 miles.

At the equator, one Minute of Latitude (which is also one Nautical Mile) is 1.843 kilometers (1,843 meters).
These are rounded-off values. Since the nautical mile was taken as being one minute of a geographical degree,
then it follows that the nautical mile varies slightly in length depending ‘where’ on the globe it is measured.

It is calculated to be 1,861 meters at the poles and again, 1,843 meters at the Equator.

1. Height of the Great Pyramid including the base of the Platform

on which it Rests, is Equal to the Polar Radius of the Earth

In his height measurements for the Great Pyramid, W. R. Fix did something that no one had done before . . . he
included the height of the limestone pavement – the relatively thin platform (also referred to as the socle) upon
which the Great Pyramid is seen to be situated. This was another factor about the Great Pyramid that had been
apparently overlooked in previous measurement studies.

Fix states that the height of the pyramid, which he rounds off to almost 481 feet (which would be correct),
including the height of the relatively thin platform/pavement it rested upon, produces a height that when
multiplied by 43.200, reflects the polar radius of the Earth.

First of all, Petrie states that the pavement, and where found, was measured to be around 21 inches. Fix himself
stated that the height of the platform is roughly 55 cm (21.6 inches) high, which is close to one royal cubit in
height. According to André Pochan (The Mysteries of the Great Pyramids, 1978, p. 12), the thickness of the
platform is “0.525 meters. (exactly 1 cubit).”

We now know that the length of the royal cubit is exactly 0.5236 meters (3.1416 π ÷ 6), which is 20.614 inches,
or 1.71784777 feet, and which rounds-off to 1.718 feet – an expression of e–1.

Seeing as the royal cubit of 0.5236 meters was employed in the construction of the Great Pyramid, the
pavement/platform having been instructed by the designer/architect to be ONE royal cubit high would make
logical sense, and so 0.5236 meters is the height I will use to present the following based on the discovery made
by Fix.

The Great Pyramid height of 146.608 meters (280 Royal Cubits), plus the platform of 0.5236 meters, is a total of
147.1316 meters (281 Royal Cubits).

Fig. 4: Pavement height of 0.5236 meters (1 royal cubit) + height of 146.608 meters (280 royal cubits) =
147.1316 meters (281 royal cubits).
If we multiply 147.1316 (281 royal cubits) by 43,200, the result is 6,356,085.12 meters.
Again, by today’s estimates, the Polar Radius of the Earth is exactly 6,356,752.3 meters.
This is a difference of only 0.415 of a mile! . . An accuracy of 99.99 percent.

2. The Base Perimeter of the Great Pyramid is Equal to ‘Half a Minute’ of Equatorial Latitude

In his book, Pyramid Odyssey, Fix demonstrates how the sum measure of the ‘base perimeter’ of the Great
Pyramid, complete with its casing stones measured in meters, would have reflected a one ‘half minute’ of
equatorial latitude (half a minute of arc), which equals 1/43,200th of 360º:

360 ÷ 43,200 = 0.00833… of a degree, which is virtually equal to half of one minute of arc of 0.0085 degrees.
Again, it has been calculated that one DEGREE of latitude at the equator – being the distance from the equator to
one-degree north – is 110,574.3 meters.

Now, one MINUTE of latitude (which is also one nautical mile) at the equator is a rounded-off value of 1,843
meters (1.843 kilometers).
Here’s how . . .

One degree of latitude at the equator of 110,574.3 meters x 360 = 39,806,748 meters (referencing the polar
circumference of the Earth), divided by 43,200 = 921.4525 meters (one half minute of latitude at the equator, x 2
= 1,842.905 meters, which would be the precise length of one minute of latitude and one nautical mile at the
equator, but which rounds-off to 1,843 meters.

“It has been calculated that one arc minute at the equator will increase by a factor of about 1.0077 thus giving a
nautical mile distance of 1,842.9 meters. This a value very close indeed to 1,843.06 m, twice the base perimeter
of the Great Pyramid, the difference being only 0.000066 %. To put it another way, half of one minute of arc
measure at the latitude of the equator is virtually the same as the perimeter of the base of the Great Pyramid.”[4]

1,842.905 meters (one minute of latitude and one nautical mile at the equator) ÷ 2 = 921.4525 meters (one half
minute of latitude and half of one nautical mile at the equator).

According to the estimated base lengths published by J.H. Cole in 1925, the base perimeter of the Great Pyramid
when completed, would have been 921.455 meters.

North Side base length: 230.253 meters.

South Side base length: 230.454 meters.
East Side base length: 230.391 meters.
West Side base length: 230.357 meters.

Cole’s Great Pyramid base perimeter estimate of 921.455 meters compared to 921.4525 meters (‘one half-minute
of latitude’ and ‘one half of a nautical mile at the equator’) is a difference of only 0.0025 meters . . . 2.5
millimeters! And an accuracy of 99.9997%.
2.5 millimeters can hardly be considered substantial, but let’s continue.

The four base lengths I have determined, and which are determined by the base lengths of the Great Pyramid’s
two cross-section planes, will each produce a wealth of significant data relating to pi, Phi, phi, the number e, also
the c ‘speed of light’ constant and more besides – data that has only been recently discovered and was unknown
to both J. H. Cole and W. R. Fix.
So, let’s see how the sum of the four base lengths of the Great Pyramid I have now determined in meters
compares to J. H. Cole’s estimates . . .

North Side base length: 230.2577 meters.

South Side base length: 230.452 meters.
East Side base length: 230.3649 meters.
West Side base length: 230.3806 meters.
The sum of all four base lengths results in a base perimeter of exactly 921.4552 meters.
Therefore, the Great Pyramid’s base perimeter I have determined of exactly 921.4552 meters is also extremely
close to 921.4525 meters – being ‘one half-minute of latitude’ and ‘one half of a nautical mile at the equator’ . . .
a difference of only 2.7 millimeters and again, an accuracy of 99.9997%.

Also, one side base length of the Great Pyramid relating to a perimeter of 921.4552 meters is on average
230.3638 meters, which is roughly 1/8th of a minute of latitude at the equator of 230.363125 meters.
And furthermore, half of one side base length of the Great Pyramid is on average 115.1819 meters, which is
roughly 1/16th of a minute of latitude at the equator of 115.1815625 meters.
So, the conclusions are this:

Great Pyramid base perimeter of 921.4552 meters (my estimate) x 2 = 1,842.9104 meters.
(One minute of latitude and one nautical mile at the equator is 1,842.905 meters).
Accuracy: 99.9997 percent.
Great Pyramid base perimeter of 921.4552 meters x 43,200 = 39,806,864.64 meters.
39,806,864.64 meters, ÷ 360 = 110,574.624 meters.
(One degree of latitude at the equator is 110,574.3 meters).
Accuracy: 99.9997 percent.

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Equatorial (Radius, Diameter and Circumference) of the Earth

Equatorial Radius: 6,378,137 meters, (6,378.1370 kilometers, 3,963.1906 miles).

Equatorial Diameter: 12,756,274 meters (12,756.274 kilometers . . . 7,926.3812 miles).

Equatorial Circumference: 40,075,016.68557849 meters, (40,075.01668557849 kilometers . . . 24,901.461 miles).

http://garyosborn.moonfruit.com/sacred-earth-moon-geometry/4589547450

The Earth’s Diameter at the Equator is 7,926.28 miles (12,756.1 km).

The Earth’s Diameter at the Poles is 7,899.80 miles (12,713.5 km).

The Earth’s Equatorial Radius is 3963.14 miles.

The Earth’s Polar Radius is 3949.9 miles.

The diameter of the Moon is 2159.14062 miles.

The radius of the Moon is 1,079.57031 miles.

Earth Radius using rounded off figures: 3,960 miles.

Moon Radius using rounded off figures: 1,080 miles.

John Mitchell used these same rounded-off values. I also learned from researcher Geoff Simmons – a long time
correspondent of mine – that Michell placed a stylized (“canonical”) value on the Earth’s mean diameter/radius –
3960, and another on the Moon’s diameter/radius – 1080. These same figures produce the following:

Earth Radius 3,960 divided by 11 = 360.

Moon Radius 1,080 divided by 3 = 360.

Figure 2: The correct sizes and proportions of the Earth and Moon measured in miles.

The base of Michell’s triangle is 7920 – being the diameter of the Earth in miles.
The vertical axis of the triangle is 5040 miles – being 3960 + 1080 – the combined radius of both the Earth and
Moon. Using trigonometry, the tan of 3960 + 1080 is 1.27272727273 – otherwise 14 x 11 pi.

The Moon is 1/27th the size of the Earth. Measuring the angle of a 14 x 11 rectangle from corner to corner, results in a
value somewhere between 51.842º and 51.843º so Geoff Simmons tells me, which is nitpickingly precise but goes to show
how accurate the result of this angle is. We really don’t need to worry about the last decimal digit, because working out
the trigonometry of the combined radiuses of the Earth and Moon gives us the precise side angle value of the Great
Pyramid of Giza . . . 51.84º

Presentation Summary
 It is now evident that the side angle value of the Great Pyramid of Giza (seked of 5½ palms (11 x 14) –
yielding the angle of 51.84° or 51°51’ in arc minutes), was derived from the combined 3/11 ratio
proportions of the Earth and Moon.

 The combined Earth radius and Moon radius (square root of phi – √ Φ), resulting in the hypotenuse angle
of 51.84º, is also the ‘Golden Triangle,’ phi 1.618 (Φ) – the mathematical expression being A²+B²=C².

 The architects of the Great Pyramid also knew the square of the circle and the cube of the sphere – Π (pi)
x 5151 (slope angle of Great Pyramid 51º.51’) = Φ (phi).

Giza Nexus

43,200-Year Obliquity Cycle?

Gary Osborn

Copyright © Gary Osborn 2017. All Rights Reserved.

It is now widely accepted by most astrophysicists, geologists and scholars that the Earth’s axis oscillates slowly,
moving between an obliquity (tilt angle) of 22.1º to 24.3º and back again, taking roughly 41,000 years. This
phenomenon is the Obliquity Cycle, one of the Milankovitch Cycles, named after Milutin Milankovitch (1879 –
1958) – a Yugoslavian astronomer and physicist.
In the 1920’s, Milankovitch found that these periodic axial shifts were closely associated with changes in the
Earth’s climate. In other words, over periods of tens of thousands of years, the Earth’s climate is affected by
variations in the Earth’s orbital geometry.
The three main orbital factors and their cycles that Milankovitch studied were:

Eccentricity: Variations in shape of Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

This cycle, ‘where’ and ‘when’ the Earth moves between an almost circular orbit to an elliptical orbit and back
again, takes 93,408 years according to Milankovitch, although the all-round figure of 100,000 years is often
given.

Precession: Variations in the wobble of the Earth’s axis, believed to be due to the gravitational pull of the Sun
and Moon.
This cycle takes roughly 26,000 years to complete. The ancient (Platonic) estimate for the precessional cycle is
25,920 years, based on the ancient divisions of 24 and 60, resulting in numbers that reduce to 9 – the same
number of deities in the ancient Egyptian pantheon known as the Ennead.

Obliquity: Variations in the obliquity (tilt angle) of Earth’s axis of rotation – again the axis shifting slowly from
22.1º to 24.3º and back again.
According to Milankovitch, this cycle takes roughly 41,000 or 41,500 years.

Below is a simple diagram that illustrates the Obliquity Cycle according to Milankovitch’s theory – showing the
range of degrees in the varying obliquity of the Earth’s polar axis.

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Fig. 1: The Wandering Axis moving between 22.1 and 24.3 degrees and back again, over a 41,000-year cycle
according to Milutin Milankovitch.

At present, the obliquity of the Earth’s axis of rotation is precisely 23.43703º (which in arc minutes and seconds
is 23°26'13.3") and decreasing.
As I will now reveal, along with the Precessional Cycle, which has been encoded in the Giza Diagonal, the
Obliquity Cycle has also been encoded in the monuments at Giza . . .

First of all, according to the surveys carried out by geologist Dr. Robert Schoch, it has been carefully determined
that the 0ldest sections of the Great Sphinx dates from around 10,000 BCE, or earlier. It has also been conjectured
that the Sphinx predates most, if not all, the pyramids at Giza. This is interesting, as it would appear that aside
from the Great Pyramid, which may also date from the time of the Sphinx or sometime after, with these
monuments originally pertaining to a Solar cult, the other pyramids of Giza were later constructed to each reflect
the three belt stars of the Orion constellation according to Robert Bauval’s Orion Correlation Theory. This makes
logical sense, as Orion was clearly used as a 'gauge marker' for the precessional cycle also encoded in the layout
of the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, which together create the precessional timeline known as the Giza Diagonal
(see figure 3 below), and so these pyramids were also carefully placed in relation to the position of the Sphinx,
which already existed on the Giza plateau.
For example, it is a fact that the subsidiary pyramid referred to as “G3c,” being the furthest monument on the
Giza Plateau from the Sphinx, is exactly 1,080 meters distant!

The number 1,080 is deeply significant and remains within the context of what we find encoded at Giza
concerning the Precessional Cycle, because converted to years, the number 1,080 is a 1/24th subdivision of the
precessional cycle of 25,920 years according the ancient Platonic estimate.
One can check the accuracy of this 1,080-meter distance by using the ‘Ruler Tool’ in Google Earth Pro, which is
said to be accurate within an average ‘error margin’ of +0.0075%.

One will find that from the coordinates of the crown-head-center of the Sphinx (coordinates 29.975295°N,
31.137712°E), to the apex-center of “G3c” (coordinates 29.971639°N, 31.127340°E), is a ‘map length’ (“as the
crow flies”) distance of exactly 1,080 meters.

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Fig. 2: From the crown-head-center of the Sphinx . . . (coordinates: 29.975295°N, 31.137712°E), to the apex-
center of the subsidiary pyramid G3c (coordinates: 29.971639°N, 31.127340°E), is a precise ‘map length’
distance of 1,080 meters.
The azimuth heading is 247.86 degrees . . . 270º subtract 247.86º = 22.14º.

This cannot be a coincidence, especially in light of the fact that from the head-center of the Sphinx
(29.975295°N, 31.137712°E) to the center of the ancient site of Göbekli Tepe in modern-day Turkey (coordinates
37.222899°N, 38.922226°E), and which has been dated to the same period as the Sphinx, is a distance of exactly
1,080 kilometers, as revealed here.
Furthermore, the abstract line of the Giza Diagonal, which is strung between the apexes of the subsidiary
pyramids referred to as “G3a” and “G1a,” is a distance of exactly 2,160 royal cubits (1,130.976 meters), and is
divided into two equal distances of 1,080 royal cubits (565.488 meters) by the Equinoctial Line passing centrally
through the length of the body of the Sphinx.

In addition to this, we also discover that the N/S Giza Meridian which runs through the center of the Great
Pyramid (G1) “cuts” or divides the northern 1,080-royal cubits section of the 'Giza Diagonal' into two perfect
equal lengths of 540 royal cubits (282.744 meters) each.

2,160 ÷ 2 = 1,080 ÷ 2 = 540.

However, returning to figure 2. What is also important to our enquiry here is the fact that the azimuth heading for
the angle that connects the crown-head-center of the Sphinx to the apex-center of G3c, is 247.86 degrees . . . 270º
subtract 247.86º = 22.14º.

Next . . .

From the coordinates of the crown-head-center of the Sphinx (coordinates 29.975295°N, 31.137712°E), to the
apex-center of “G3b” (coordinates 29.971612°N, 31.127802°E), is a ‘map length’ distance of exactly 1,040
meters.

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Fig. 3: The Lehner-Goedicke Line or Giza Diagonal is 2,160 royal cubits in length, and is divided into two equal
distances of 1,080 royal cubits by the Equinoctial Line running centrally through the body of the Sphinx, with the
north section of the line also divided into two equal distances of 540 royal cubits by the N/S Giza Meridian,
which runs through the center of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Fig. 4: From the crown-head-center of the Sphinx . . . (coordinates: 29.975295°N, 31.137712°E), to the apex-
center of the subsidiary pyramid G3b (coordinates: 29.971612°N, 31.127802°E), is a precise ‘map length’
distance of 1,040 meters.
The azimuth heading is 246.78 degrees . . . 270º subtract 246.78º = 23.22º.

The azimuth heading is 246.78 degrees . . . 270º subtract 246.78º = 23.22º.

Lastly . . .

From the coordinates of the crown-head-center of the Sphinx (coordinates 29.975295°N, 31.137712°E), to the
apex-center of “G3a” (coordinates 29.971621°N, 31.128320°E), is a ‘map length’ distance of exactly 993.7639
meters, shown here as 99,376.39 centimeters for accuracy.

Fig. 5: From the crown-head-center of the Sphinx . . . (coordinates: 29.975295°N, 31.137712°E), to the apex-
center of the subsidiary pyramid G3c (coordinates: 29.971621°N, 31.128320°E), is a precise ‘map length’
distance of 99,376.39 centimeters, which is 933.7639 meters. The azimuth heading is 245.70 degrees . . . 270º
subtract 245.70º = 24.3º.

The azimuth heading is 245.70 degrees . . . 270º subtract 245.70º = 24.3º.

Summarizing the results . . .

Crown-head-center of Sphinx to apex-center of G3c . . . 22.14º

Crown-head-center of Sphinx to apex-center of G3b . . . 23.22º
Crown-head-center of Sphinx to apex-center of G3a . . . 24.3º

Fig. 6: From the crown-head-center of the Sphinx (coordinates: 29.975295°N, 31.137712°E), to the apex-center
of the three subsidiary pyramids produce the following angles: G3c 22.14º . . . G3b 23.22º . . . G3a 24.3º.

The range of significant degree angles – i.e., from 22.14º to 24.3º – and each from the crown-head-center of the
Sphinx to the apex-centers of each of the three subsidiary pyramids – were obviously meant to bring attention to
the Obliquity Cycle that had first been acknowledged in the 1920’s via the theory proposed by Milutin
Milankovitch – i.e., that the obliquity of the Earth’s Axis oscillates slowly from 22.1º to 24.5º and back again
over a period of 41,000 years. This is an approximate estimate, as the cycle is said to be closer to 41,500 years.
Some even say the duration of the cycle is somewhere between 40,000 and 46,000 years.

However, what we find at Giza, presents us with the same cycle . . . but the same cycle according to the ancient’s
estimate, which is 43,200 years, based purely on the same 9-based numbers that produce the 25,920 precessional
cycle – again, the ancient estimate. The curious math that arises from the apparent axis obliquity values presented
by the angles of the abstract lines stretching from the head of the Sphinx to the apex-centers of each of the
subsidiary pyramids adjacent to G3, is evidence of this.
The evidence is found in the fact that each of these angle values are divided by the number 1.080 (1,080 divided
by 1,000):

22.14 + 1.080 = 23.22 + 1.080 = 24.3, and back again . . . 24.3 – 1.080 = 23.22 – 1.080 = 22.14.

4 x 1.080 = 4.32, x 10,000 = 43,200 . . .

So, again, according to what has been encoded here at Giza, the ancient estimate of 43,200 would be the number
of years given to the cycle we know today as the ‘Obliquity Cycle’ according to Milutin Milankovitch. In other
words, it would appear that the ancient designer/architect(s) who planned and designed Giza, were also familiar
with this cycle in which the Earth’s axis oscillates slowly, moving between an obliquity of 22.1º to 24.3º and
back again. However, the cycle was estimated to have a duration of 43,200 years, as opposed to the approximate
estimates of 41,000, or 41,500 years, as suggested by Milankovitch and accepted by astrophysicists today.
According to this estimate, the change from one axis obliquity to another will take roughly 10,800 years . . .
another curious number.

Speed of Light and the Fine Structure Constant

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What is extremely interesting is what I later discovered concerning the distances between the Sphinx and the
apex-centers of all three subsidiary pyramids adjacent to G3.

Between G3c and the crown-head-center of the Sphinx is a distance of exactly 1,080 meters.
Between G3b and the crown-head-center of the Sphinx is a distance of exactly 1,040 meters.
Between G3a and the crown-head-center of the Sphinx is a distance of exactly 993.7639 meters.

Let’s add these three distances together:

1,080 + 1,040 + 993.7639 = 3,113.7639.

From the result, we then subtract 2,160 meters, which is 2 x 1,080 meters:

3,113.7639 – 2,160 = 953.7639.

We then divide 512 (2 x 256) from the result:

953.7639 / 512 = 1.8628201171875.

The first six digits of this result just happens to be the miles-per-second speed of light in a vacuum figure 186,282
divided by 100,000.

Furthermore, 1.86282 divided by 256 = 0.007276640625 – the first five digits of which are the first five digits in
the number given to the Fine-Structure Constant – the most mysterious number known in physics . . .
0.007297352566355, which is the result of 1 ÷ 137.035999139.

In fact, if we take just the numbers in the latitude coordinates of the crown-head-center of the Sphinx,
(29.975295), multiply these numbers by 256, and then divide the number 56 by the result, we get an even closer
value for fine-structure constant at six decimal places . . .

29.975295 x 256 = 7,673.67552.

56 ÷ 7,673.67552 = 0.00729767631 . . . an accuracy of 99.996 percent!

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Notes and References

1. See: Origins of the Sphinx: Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization by Robert Schoch Ph.D., and
Robert Bauval. (Inner Traditions/Bear & Company, 2017).
Quote:

2. As for the obliquity values of the oscillating Earth’s axis, some sources present estimates of 22.1º or 22.2º to
24.3º. For example, see Chemistry and the Environment by
Sven E. Harnung and Matthew S. Johnson, (Cambridge University Press, 2012), p. 356, and also the article,
Nature Unbound I: The Glacial Cycle. (2016).

3. The Fine-Structure Constant, also referred to as the Coupling Constant and denoted as α (alpha), was
originally named Sommerfeld’s Constant after the
German theoretical physicist, Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (1868–1951), who introduced it in 1916 to
account for the splitting of atomic spectral lines.
The fine-structure constant . . . 0.007297352566355, a dimensionless constant in physics and said to be the
fingerprint or DNA of each wavelength of light, is the
result of 137.035999139 divided by 1, which has led to the number 137 itself being the most mystifying number
known to physicists.

4. No one can deny that the number 256 is a special number. In computers, a byte represents 256 different values,
in that a byte is defined as 8-bits and can
represent values from 0 to 255, or 2 to the power of 8 different values . . . this is because 256 is 2^8.
256 is also 16^2 (sixteen squared) and regarded as a perfect square. It is also the only three-digit number that is a
Zenzizenzizenzic – 2 to the 8th power, described as
“the square of the square of the square of the square.”

See: Samuel Jeake (1701). A Compleat Body of Arithmetick. London: T. Newborough. p. 272.
The name Zenzizenzizenzic is based on the word Zenzic, which is a German spelling of the medieval Italian word
censo, meaning “squared.”
See: “Zenzizenzizenzic - the eighth power of a number” by Michael Quinion.

The number 256 is also 4 x 64 and 8 x 32, numbers that relate to the sides of the Great Pyramid, and also, and
theoretically, the 64 x 64 grid upon which the
Great Pyramid was drawn up during the initial ‘blueprint’ phase – a conclusion I had arrived at after studying the
dimensions of the Great Pyramid.

Like the number 256, the number 56 is also very much related to the dimensions of the Great Pyramid.
For example, 8 (sides due to its concavities) x 7 (height) = 56. Also, the Great Pyramid height of 280 royal cubits
÷ 5 = 56. Furthermore, the north/south
cross-section base length of 440 royal cubits x 0.5236 meters = 340.384 meters, ÷ 56 = 4.114, ÷ 10 = 0.4114,
which is the length of the half-base with a height of exactly
one royal cubit of 0.5236 meters . . . the 7 / 5.5 seked ratio.

The Great Pyramid north/south cross-section base length of 230.384 meters (precisely 280 royal cubits at 0.5236
meters each) divided by 73.304 meters (half height
of Great Pyramid at precisely 140 royal cubits) = 3.1428571428571429 ≈ π (pi) at 99.96% accuracy.
This is the same ‘approximation of pi result’ as we find with the 22 (base) / 7 (half-height) ratio of the Great
Pyramid.
3.142857142857129 subtract 3 = 0.1428571428571429, x 32 = 4.571428571428571, x 56 = 256.

So, both the numbers of 256, and 56 are closely related to the dimensions of the Great Pyramid

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Figure 3: The Sun and Moon are the same size as seen from our perspective on Earth, as evident in the Solar Eclipse.
Angular Diameter of Moon: 33' 30" (0.5583°). Angular Diameter of Sun: 32' 42" (0.5450°).

• Diameter, distance of Sun: 1400130 km, 149597870 km.

• Diameter, distance of Moon: 3474.8 km, 384401 km.

• Sun diameter/distance: 0.00936 = 0.53623 degrees as seen from Earth.

• Moon diameter/distance: 0.00904 = 0.51791 degrees as seen from Earth.

As mentioned, according to Higgins, in Masonic lore, the angle of 36 degrees is associated with the Sun.

How and Why is the angle of 36 degrees related to the Sun?

2 x 36 is 72 – based on the number of years that the Sun moves one degree in this cycle . . . 71.6 years to be exact.
However, again the number 72 based on the number nine (7 + 2 = 9) rounds the figure off, and so these numbers were
easier to encode.

Other examples:
25,920 - being the duration of one precessional cycle in years: 2 + 5 + 9 + 2 = 18 . . . 1 + 8 = 9.

51,840 - two precessional cycles, (which also happens to be the side angle value of the Great Pyramid in degrees - 51.84°):

5 + 1 + 8 + 4 = 18 . . . 1 + 8 = 9.

This would explain the frequent relationship we find between the angle of 23.5 and the side angle of the Great Pyramid,
both of which crop up in many paintings and sources; because it is a fact that if we multiply phi by 23.5° we end up with
the value of 38 – the inverse of 52.

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