Mahabharata Quiz - 119

 

Question – 119

Did the earth-moon system suffer a terrible cosmic impact, given the fact that Vyāsa referred to Amāvāsyā (no-moon) on the 13th tithi and a change in the mark on the face of the waning moon?

Answer:

Scientifically speaking, simultaneous collision on the earth and the moon has a probability ratio of 23:1. The disturbance to the earth is noticed from the disturbance to the EOO (Earth Orbital Oscillation) boundary line, and the dates of the cyclic EOO amplitudes are compared with the temperature variations seen in GISP2 graphs. The variation in the GISP2 map was already shown in Question 115.

The temperature drop in the GISP2 graphs needs an impact push of the Earth-Moon system. That should match with EOO oscillation to know the disturbance in the earth’s orbital movement. In the recent past, the odd event of the shaking of the moon with fire columns seen on the path of observation in the recorded version of the five monks of Canterbury in England in the year 1178 CE was the focus of research of the international community.

Lemke et al. demonstrated the disturbance to the earth- moon system by the orbital stabilization of EOO boundary line. “Moon and Earth form a joint gravitational unit in its course around the Sun. Both, Moon and Earth have a common “Earth-Moon Barycenter” on the ecliptic orbital plane. Now the impact event occurred: The Moon was severely hit and was pushed into the 3-D space Z-dimension (to above - in spring - and to below - in autumn - of the ecliptic plane).  This Z-dimension is ruled by only small Sun and Earth gravitational forces. The impact event dragged both the barycenter and Earth out of the ecliptic plane, but only a certain distance into this Z-dimension at both ends of the minor axis, leaving the major axis - from Perihelion to Aphelion - unchanged. In order to regress to the initial position, the Earth-Moon barycenter carried out four shrinking spiral loops to approach and occupy again the regular barycenter orbit around the Sun.”

 

The earth- moon barycenter spiralled back to original position in 500 years

The above Figure shows the restoration of the original position of the earth-moon system in 500 odd years. Similar mechanism was observable in 3136 BCE event in which the moon took a month to gain the initial stability, but apsidal time differences were noticed in the extended tithi-s on the 19th day of the war and at the time of Krishna’s exit. The impossible-to-happen Adhika māsa in the month of Māgha was due to the longer path taken by the earth because of the disturbance. It caused Bheeshma to wait for the Uttarāyaṇa. These events recorded textually offer further authentication of the disturbance caused to the earth-moon system in the case of an impact.