Take the distances of Venus and Earth from the Sun in Earth-based Astronomical Units and you get nothing special:
| Planet | Distance from the sun in km (000) |
Distance in AU per NASA |
| Venus | 108,200 | 0.7233 |
| Earth | 149,600 | 1.0000 |
Let the distance of Mercury again be 1 and you get an entirely different perspective:
| Planet | Distance from the sun in km (000) |
Distance where Mercury equals 1 |
| Venus | 108,200 | 1.8686 |
| Venus¾ | 1.5998 | |
| Earth | 149,600 | 2.5833 |
Solar Geometry, using a ratio of 2.5966 reveals this intriguing relationship between the Sun, Mars and Jupiter:
Earth = Venus ¾ * (½ ( √5 + 1 )) = 2.5833
Venus ¾ * (½ ( √5 + 1 )) = Earth
The above construction is one of several ways to create a golden section using geometry. The ratio of Earth to Venus¾ is 1.6180339, or phi.