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I seem to rember reading a story many years ago. I think it was called "When Worlds Collide". The essence of this story if I remember right was that Venus spun out of an orbit outside Earth's to its new position.
During its pass by earth it caused Earth to topple through 360 degrees so that the north became the south and then back to north again.
During this topple period if it happened within a few hours the sun would describe a retrograde (or circular) path for quite a few hours, if the Earth kept spinning in the same direction ,before continuing on its way. Thus to a person on earth (assuming he could survive the turmoil) it would appear that the sun stood relatively still for a period of time.
The more I think of it I think the passage from the bible in the first post is what inspired the story.
Barry
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