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Here are some scans from astronomy books (whose publication pre-date The Rees Directive) which clearly state that the movements of Venus and Earth are synchronized with one another in an inexplicable manner:- The first series of scans are from the book The Realm of The Terrestrial Planets, by Zdenek Kopal (head of The Department of Astronomy at Manchester University), published in 1979 by The Institute of Physics (pages 178, 180, 191, and 192).
This next passage states that "a tidal coupling between Venus and the Earth IS ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE". In other words, any synchronization between the movements of the two planets cannot be explained by known physical laws!
The next two scans are from The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy, published in 1977, pages 179 and 180.
The first scan confirms that Venus shows the same face towards Earth at every inferior conjunction (ie:- when Venus passes between Earth and The Sun, in Venus' closest approach to Earth).
This next scan states that "The rotation of Venus appears to be controlled by The Earth." (Following the introduction of The Rees Directive, any academic astronomer who dared to make such a statement today would end their academic career!)