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Trilithon ellipse
Diagram and Table

The Diagram shows the Trilithon ellipse set within the bounds of the inscribed square and the Double Square Rectangle, thus the major axis is 73.4846 .. ft . and the minor axis is 46.4758.. ft.

TurboCAD 3 Drawing
(For an excellent ellipse calculator, go to http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/res2/calcs/callipse.htm  and also read their note on 'Format and Accuracy'). For a deeper examination of formulae for an ellipse perimeter, look under Geometry at http://numericana.com

         The diagram is showing measurements to the nearest Megalithic Yard, as per the following table.

Original Feet
(6 sig.figs.)
Megalithic  Yards
(6 sig.figs.)
Megalithic Yards
(3 sig.figs.)
Difference in Inches
   Major Axis
73.4846
27.0094
27
- .306
   Minor Axis
46.4758
17.0823
17
- 2.68
   eccentricity
.774596
.774596
.777
   Area
2682.34
362.369
360
   foci distance
56.9209
20.9213
21
+2.56
   Loop length
130.405
47.9307
48
+2.26
   Perimeter   (approx.)
190.829
70.1396
70
- 4.56

      Area of Ellipse = (Major axis x Minor axis x p) / 4                            eccentricity = foci distance / major axis

      Area of inscribed square = 5400 sq. ft.
      Area of Root 5 Rectangle = 4320 sq.ft.
Area of small blue circle = 1/5 th of outer lintel  area, and 1/125 th of Heel stone circle area.
Small blue circle radius squared = 540
Outer lintel radius squared = 2700
Heel circle radius squared = 6750
Major Axis / Ö 10 = Minor axis / 2

Area of Sarsen Circle  /  Area of Trilithon Ellipse  =  Ö 10
(8482.3..  /  2682.33...)
The ellipse can be considered as a circle viewed at an angle of 39.2315+° to the horizontal.
(inverse sin of Minor axis / Major axis).
If this is regarded as an Earth Latitude, then the Area of the Inscribed Square is
 6 million p  Square Miles,
and that of the co-latitude (50.768+°) will be 4 Million p Square Miles
(REM,The square area on Equator (Circ = 24902.31984 miles) is 10 million p sq.miles).


TurboCAD 3 Drawing
Constructing the Ellipse Foci distance and Loop length

TurboCAD 3 Drawing
Alternative constructions for "A" and "B" Flattened circles.    
PQ = QR = RS
 Blue dots  = "A" type,  Red ones = "B"  type .

    The Green dots divide OP and OS in half, and thus   
theTrilithon ellipse has the only ellipse eccentricity where the arc which constructs the Foci positions
passes through these points exactly.


    SUPERIMPOSING THE SARSEN CIRCLE

    Bitmap Image
The Outer Sarsen Circle is taken as 48 MR or 120 MY, inner as 112.5MY or 45MR  as proposed by Thom.
SS = 30 ft.
( This diagram is a replacement one. 15/09/02)

This diagram is not ideal, but the best I can come up with for now. All the black lines etc. are Thom's, and               all coloured lines are mine.

The construction is the same as for the diagrams in the previous pages..

The lines may look too thick, a fault in transferring, but they are in the correct places, and are of no thickness on the ground

The hatching  is the now familiar 30°/ 60° foundation triangle.

There is more geometry here than meets the eye. Perhaps the "diatonic" geometry of the Crop circle phnomena is to be found.!




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