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245 pages of results. 51. Ejections, Resonances, and Inversions [Journals] [Kronos]
... in part, read as follows: "Ejection of core material from a Jovian planet, like many processes in astronomy, is an unsolved problem. However, the putative origin of Venus from the core of any Jovian planet is ... Planet X itself, I have nothing to say. Yet, Ellenberger went beyond the debated topic by stressing the astronomical problems with which Velikovskians find themselves saddled. For instance, he asked: "How does the process of core ... pose new questions. This, however, is just as true of catastrophic astronomy. Meanwhile, some of conventional astronomy's unanswered questions do not concern new discoveries but have actually been around for far longer than Velikovskians have. I am ...
52. Ancient Astronomical Values Revealed in The Book of the Secrets of Enoch [Journals] [Horus]
... : "An account of the mechanism of the world showing the machinery of the Sun and Moon in operation. Astronomy and an interesting ancient calendar." A thoughtful perusal of the entire book leads one to the inescapable conclusion that ... From: Horus Vol. 1 No. 1 (Winter 1985) Home | Issue Contents Ancient Astronomical Values Revealed in The Book of the Secrets of Enoch by Alban Wall The modern editor of the English translation of The Book ... may have had, the precise measurement of the cycle and its integration with other cycles was essential in the ancient astronomer's art. The "GREAT CIRCLE" of ENOCH Number of Years - 532 Days - 194,313 Weeks - ...
53. Kintraw and Bibby (Forum) [Journals] [Kronos]
... , p. 193. 10. T. McCreery, et al., "Observations at Kintraw," Astronomy in the Old World (Cambridge, 1982), pp. 183-190; reprinted elsewhere in this issue. KINTRAW ... because of the importance of the discovery, which in effect has provided a decisive and independent verification of Professor Thom's astronomical hypothesis..."(8 ) II In response to Bibby, I will begin by stating that I ... menhir was meant to play such a minor role in the astronomical layout of the site, why did the so-called astronomer-priesthood go to all the trouble of selecting and erecting such a massive "pointer"? Or if such a minor ...
54. The Ninsianna tablets, a preliminary reconstruction [Journals] [SIS Review]
... (American Philosophical Society, 1962) 21. A. E. Roy & D. C. Clarke: Astronomy (Adam Hilger Ltd, 1977), pp. 128-131; W. M. Smart: Textbook on Spherical ... , having served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve since 1936. His earlier articles in the Review have dealt with astronomical records from Egypt and with the 6th-century Hindu astronomical manual, the Panchasiddhantika. A detailed analysis is presented of the ... ', Journal of the History of Astronomy xii (1981), pp. 133-138 23. Paul Ahnert: Astronomisch-chronologische Tafeln fur Sonne, Mond und Planeten (J . H. Barth Verlag, Leipzig, 1960) 24. ...
55. RECONSTRUCTING THE SATURN MYTH [Journals] [Aeon]
... the planet Saturn, as pointed out by Franz Boll many years ago. (5 ) In the earlier Babylonian astronomy, the sun-god Shamash is, in the most straightforward of terms, held to be the planet Saturn. ( ... be immediately apparent, however, this explanation requires some extraordinary concessions from the various disciplines touched by the theory. Astronomers and astrophysicists, historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and students of ancient myth and religion are asked to reconsider the most ... earliest language. Until the age of isolated bodies moving on remote and independent courses- followed by the rise of formal astronomy- our modern concept would simply make no sense. As the illustration emphasizes, these contributing bodies were close enough to ...
56. Did Worlds Collide [Journals] [Pensee]
... , predicts current planetary distances with an average inaccuracy less than one percent. Currently Bass is Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University. A substantial portion of what follows will be beyond the reach of non-specialists. We have ... stability of the solar system (1773) was shown to be fallacious in 1899 by Poincaré; in 1953 dynamical astronomer W. M. Smart proved that the maximum interval of reliabil ity of the perturbation equations of Laplace and Lagrange ... negligible error, substitute any smaller mass. Now turn to an article by A. V. Fokin, Soviet Astronomy-AJ, vol. 2 (1958), p. 628 and recall the behavior of comet Oterma III. Before ...
57. Forum: In Defence of the Saturn Theory C&C Review 2002:1 [Journals] [SIS Review]
... so important to the ancients? This question, which James concedes is one of the most baffling mysteries of ancient astronomy, history, and religion' [1 ], formed the subject of his article. He began by enumerating ... Hesiod had included the famous parable on the Ages of Man. According to James, Hesiod's tale preserves surprisingly accurate astronomical knowledge consistent with the current order of the Solar System. Hesiod's passage is central to James' argument, so ... out that there is no evidence for such knowledge in ancient Babylon. 15. D. Brown, Mesopotamian Planetary Astronomy-Astrology, Groningen, 2000, p. 102. See also Dicks, op. cit. [13], ...
58. Perception and Ancient Astronomy [Journals] [Horus]
... From: Horus Vol. 2 No. 2 (Summer 1986) Home | Issue Contents Perception and Ancient Astronomy David Griffard Introduction It is difficult for the average city-dweller to visualize the complexity and beauty of the night sky. ... it was shown how, generalizing from experiments in behavioral science, both human and animal behavior is shaped directly by astronomical cycles and how, by extension, the formalized central importance of astronomy in ancient culture was largely an environmentally pre-determined ... evoked emotion on the pristine consciousness of early observers gave a special aura of mystery to the stellar landscape. Massive astronomically-aligned temples dedicated to various planets and stars give literally solid evidence of the religious ardor which accompanied the growth and development ...
59. The Riddle of the Earth [Books]
... best that can be apparently extracted from modern astronomers. * "Study of the Sky." ** " Astronomy." 112. Sir Robert Ball, F.R .A .S ., in his " Story ... earth. It was estimated to have been as big as the moon and very nearly struck the earth. British astronomers remained quite unaffected by this announcement. Greenwich Observatory, when interviewed, doubted the accuracy of the alleged size of ... or of small meteors about the size of peas as Neison thinks- both these views being the generality of opinion among astronomers- for we have an overwhelming amount of evidence to the effect that individual meteors may project rocks and stones of enormous ...
60. Victory of The Sun [Books] [de Grazia books]
... 21, Columbia University, New York. Bentley, John (1825), A Historical View of the Hindu Astronomy, from the Earliest Dawn of that Science in India to the Present Time (Part I & Part II) ... Sun is at the least capable of withholding sunspots for most of a century. John A. Eddy, an astronomer from the National Center for Atmospheric Research's High Altitude Observatory, upon reporting about the historical facts of the Sun's quiescence ... Meteoric Matter," AJ Soviet Astronomy, No. 11 (November-December), 473-84; trans. from 44 Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, (May-June), 595-609. (1976), "The Origin and Evolution of the Comets and ...
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