Question – 114
Two planets rising
with coppery red crust is also an abnormal feature because the rising planets
will appear with bluish tint on top. How could this be scientifically explained?
Answer:
Vyasa mentions two
grahas (planets) appearing with blazing top that obscured the luster of the
rising Saptarishi-s. (MB: 6.3.24)
The two planets
mentioned by him were Venus and Mars on the western horizon. In the same part
of the sky (west), Karṇa had seen Mars make a retrograde movement as though it
was going towards the star Anurādha.
The reddish hue on
the two planets appearing simultaneously along with haze descending on the
northern direction where he was watching the seven sages resolves the issue of
rightward movement of Mars, Dhruva and Arundhati. That moment was exactly when
a fragment had fallen somewhere in his vicinity. Perhaps Vyasa was on the
outside facing the north to offer oblations to the seven sages at the evening
twilight.
It is also likely
he rushed out on hearing the thunderous noise in cloudless sky (sonic boom), to
see what was happening. He had looked up at Dhruva and Arundhati and they
appeared tilted from normal. The two planets on his left (west) caught his
attention. In the enveloping darkness at
that time, a reddish hue was palpable on the two shining objects - Venus and
Mars - on his left. The crash kicked off atmospheric turbulence immediately
which blurred the Saptarishi constellation right in front of his eyes.
The abundant
production of NO2 by the burning object gives rise to the reddish hue around.
This was seen by Vyasa as the reddish śikha of the two planets. Around the same
time, three movements - Dhruva, Arundhati and Mars - must have been detected.
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