“如果金星周期表不能像朗伯里所说的那样能证明FMT，那它的被接受取决于佐证数据的可靠性，”他说。

"If the Venus Table cannot be used to prove the FMT as Lounsbury suggests, its acceptance depends on the reliability of the corroborating data," he said.

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正因为了有这条定律，我们才能得知例如金星这样离日相对较近的行星的公转周期要短于离日较远的行星，例如海王星。

Thanks to this law, we know that a planet relatively close to the sun, like Venus, has a far briefer orbital period than a distant planet, such as Neptune.

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通过跟踪月球，金星和其他天体的运动，玛雅人意识到宇宙有循环周期。

By tracking the movements of the Moon, Venus, and other heavenly bodies, the Mayans realized that there were cycles in the Cosmos.

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