ET/UFO, astronomy comes into picture

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>[induscivilization] with respect to ET/UFO, astronomy comes into

>picture

>Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:35:15 -0000

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>Hari om!

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>So, going ahead with the ET/UFO topic, i have this particular

>information about astronomy (which is indeed related to that). See

>how far Aryans (i would love to call so) had gone when the world was

>uncivilized. Europe was full of barbarians, China had people like

>Chengiz Khan and the Americas had not yet existed! Then, we Aryans

>were thinking of astronomy and topics like that!

>Just read, very interesting to read!

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>Astronomy

>Indian astronomers have been mapping the skies for 3500 years.1000

>Years Before CopernicusCopernicus published his theory of the

>revolution of the Earth in 1543. A thousand years before him,

>Aryabhatta in 5th century (400-500 CE) stated that the Earth revolves

>around the sun, "just as a person travelling in a boat feels that the

>trees on the bank are moving, people on earth feel that the sun is

>moving". In his treatise Aryabhatteeam, he clearly states that our

>earth is round, it rotates on its axis, orbits the sun and is

>suspended in space and explains that lunar and solar eclipses occur

>by the interplay of the sun, the moon and the earth.The Law of

>Gravity - 1200 Years Before NewtonThe Law of Gravity was known to the

>ancient Indian astronomer Bhaskaracharya. In his Surya Siddhanta, he

>notes:"Objects fall on earth due to a force of attraction by the

>earth. therefore, the earth, the planets, constellations, the moon

>and the sun are held in orbit due to this attraction". It was not

>until the late 17th century in 1687, 1200 years later, that Sir Isaac

>Newton rediscovered the Law of Gravity. Measurement of Time in Surya

>Siddhanta, Bhaskaracharya calculates the time taken for the earth to

>orbit the sun to 9 decimal places. And one year according to

>Bhaskaracharya is 365.258756484 days precisely. Modern accepted

>measurement = 365.2596 days. Between Bhaskaracharya's ancient

>measurement 1500 years ago and the modern measurement the difference

>is only 0.00085 days, only 0.0002%.34000TH of a Second to 4.32

>Billion Years.

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>India has given the idea of the smallest and the largest measure of

>time.

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>Krati = 34,000th of a second

>1 Truti = 300th of a second

>2 Truti = 1 Luv

>2 Luv = 1 Kshana

>30 Kshana = 1 Vipal

>60 Vipal = 1 Pal

>60 Pal = 1 Ghadi (24 minutes)

>2.5 Gadhi = 1 Hora (1 hour)

>24 Hora = 1 Divas (1 day)

>7 Divas = 1 saptaah (1 week)

>4 Saptaah = 1 Maas (1 month)

>2 Maas = 1 Rutu (1 season)

>6 Rutu = 1 Varsh (1 year)

>100 Varsh = 1 Shataabda (1 century)

>10 Shataabda = 1 sahasraabda

>432 Sahasraabda = 1 Yug (Kaliyug)

>2 Yug = 1 Dwaaparyug

>3 Yug = 1 Tretaayug

>4 Yug = 1 Krutayug

>10 Yug = 1 Mahaayug (4,320,000 years)

>1000 Mahaayug = 1 Kalpa

>1 Kalpa = 4.32 billion years (interms of years)

>Jaya Bharati!