aug 16th, 2006
and then there were... 9.
pluto is being 'demoted' to a non-planet, i hear.
i was struck by the fact that hindus have always talked about the nava-grhas, the nine planets including the sun, the moon, and the quasi-planets rahu and ketu. is it possible that indian astronomers created the quasi-planets 'rahu' and 'ketu' as mathematical functions to account for the discrepancies in the orbits of the then known planets (up to jupiter and saturn) -- which in fact were caused by the hitherto unknown uranus and neptune? any paleo-astronomers reading this blog?
2 comments:
Found this link on the web that explains the importance of Rahu-Ketu in Vedic Astrology.
http://www.planetarypositions.com/notes/2005/08/rahuketu-and-eclipses.html
Good explanation.
Here are some of the vedic astrology sites I follow :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sohamsa/messages
http://www.vedicastrologer.org/
The right link for the Rahu Ketu article is http://www.planetarypositions.com/astronomy/2005/08/12/rahuketu-and-eclipses/. It changed over a period of time.
Rahu/Ketu are not discrepancies in orbits of Sa/Ju. They are mathematical points denoting intersection of orbits of Moon around Earth and Earth around Sun. It is therefore a testament to knowledge of ancient Indians that they were aware of heliocentric nature of Earth's orbit and that the Moon is a satellite of earth.
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