Very Interesting Quiz (+ Answers to Astronomical Definitions)

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Namaste Nandan,

 

Thanks for your quiz and the chart of Nakshatras in other mail. This is what

expected out of the lessons. Working more than what is given in the lesson.

 

One small request on behalf of the members: As you know, here in this forum,

there are many members who are having minimal knowledge in English. Already

those people are struggling to grasp the lesson and contents of our mails. But,

if you abbreviate it will be much more difficult for them. So, please, do not

abbreviate and make the sentences simple and easy to understand (this portion

is for all). Please keep in mind that your mail is more valuable in this class,

which will be read by many more members who are going to join in the future. In

view of this I hope you wouldn't mind taking extra time for preparation.

 

Please keep work on extra like this and submit to the class.

 

Thanks

Solai Kannan

nandan.chakraborty (AT) ilfsindia (DOT) com

[nandan.chakraborty (AT) ilfsindia (DOT) com]Monday, November 05, 2001 1:01

PMsjvcSubject: [sjvc] Very Interesting Quiz (+ Answers to

Astronomical Definitions)Dear Guru Gaurango & friendsPl see interesting quiz (3

not-so-simple but elementary astronomyquestions) below the reply to Lesson

1:Assignment 1: from Nandan

Chakraborty|---+---------------+------------||

1 | Change of | Due to tilt of Earth's (E) axis wrt E's || | seasons

| orbital plane, the Sun seems to migrate || | | between

the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn || | | (declination). This

results in 2 things: A) || | | Sun's rays having to traverse

more of the || | | E's atmosphere (difference in actual

|| | | distance in space outside the atmosphere is || |

| negligible & irrelevant) in winter vs || | |

summer, resulting in difference in || | | temperature,

as the atmosphere absorbs some || | | of the heat. B) as the E

rotates, more of || | | the sky- arc containing the Sun being

|| | | visible in the Northern Hemisphere in || |

| negative declination of the Sun (ie towards || |

| Tropic of Cn), resulting in longer days || | | there.

||---+---------------+------------|| 2 | Sn

not rise/ | Corollary of "B" above, taken to the limit, || | set in parts |

for places beyond the Arctic/ Antartic || | of globe | circles.

Beyond these circles, Sun either || | | there/ not there thru

24 hrs, in the Summer || | | & Winter respectively (opp in each

|| | | hemisphere), as the Sun is always above/ ||

| | below the horizon

||---+---------------+------------|| 3 |

Moving vs | Moving bodies= energisers (planets), || | Stationary

| Stationary= fixed reference points (signs, || | bodies | naks),

thru whose filters || | |

(characterisations), the moversnshakers can || | | affect

individual nativities, as per their || | | individual

positioning

||---+---------------+------------|| 4 | My

chart |a) Sunrise at 6/40 am, birth at 9/30 pm= 15 || |

|hrs later. With Sn at Lg at Sunrise, & around|| | |2 hrs at

Lg, this makes Sn in the 5th house || | |counting from

beginning of Lg backwards from || | |12th to 11th ?. 6th, 5th.

|| | |b) Sn in Cp= Sn Ayan (Le to Cp)= b/w

winter || | |solstice & spring, ie Sn below Cel Equator= +||

| |declination. || |

|c) Above horizon= houses 7 to 12. Below= 1 || | |to 6= all

planets except Mn/ Ke in 7. With a || | |nice KalaSarpaYog,

which fustrates every || | |effort, incl that to learn

astrology!

||---+---------------+------------|Now, a very

interesting quiz (3 questions) on astronomy:1. I wuz telling my 4 yr old boy one

day, about why the Mn changes itsphase, as the Earth's (E) shadow falls on it,

blocking the Sun's rays.Enthusiastically used the light (bulb) as the Sun, my

fist as the E & hisfist as the Mn & we all went roundnround & had great fun.A

few days later, on the beach, he happened to see the setting Sun AND the1/2 Mn

overhead in the sky, & said "hey, both these are up in the sky, &we, ie the E,

is down here, NOT between them, so how is the E blockin' theSun's rays?"I wuz

quite zapped. A few days later, we all went to the house of a 20 yearold

friend, a director in Shitty-Bank, and a physics grad. The Mn was upthere, & I

remembered, & asked him the same question. He too was zapped.Many days later,

the answer struck me.Think about it first. Scroll down to see the possible

answer.The E is round.Round. Globe. Sphere. Ball. Understood now? If not,

scroll down & read on.So the horizon on all sides, is BELOW the rectangle we

can draw stretchingfrom our eyes, perpendicular to our bodies. So we see both

the King & Queenof the planets at the same time, both above the horizon, & yet

a part ofthe E is between them. I hope this answer is right, 'coz that's what I

toldmy boy eventually.2. And since we're at this, can u guess the size of the

smallest planet(forget the asteroids). Scroll down for answer (again I had told

my boy thewrong thing).It is Pluto, not Mc. And it is 0.2% (Yes POINT 2%) of the

Earth. Maybe thesize of India?3. And for those who think summer & winter are

because the Sn is nearer/further to the Earth (E), that is WRONG. Scroll down

for answer:The Sn is nearest the Earth, NOT in summer, but at the equinoxes

(spring/autumn) & furthest & equidistant at BOTH summer & winter. Its 'cos due

tothe E's axis tilt, that more/ less of the E's heat-absorbing atmosphere,

istraversed by the direct/ slanting Sun rays. The actual distance of the

Sunoutside the E's atmosphere is irrelevant to seasons. It is the amount

ofATMOSPHERE that the Sun rays have to traverse to reach u.4. Not a quiz.

Yesterday, I told Rohan about how the Sun once had astomach-ache & spat

thoooooh, & a ball of fire came out, went on aboutgravity & centrifugal force &

orbits & cooling of the mass, & some escapeesbecoming comets n all that. And we

had great fun whirling a plastic bottlearound a rope & watching it rise as it

increased speed (c'fugal force).Till the whole house started screaming with the

plastic bottle going off inall directions all the time. Then he stopped, & said,

now suppose thisstring is the Sun, & the bottle is the c'fugal force & u r

gravity, ? &Anjula, my wife rescued me from all that, by sounding the dinner

gong.