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On March 2, 1972 a little spacecraft named Pioneer-10 was launched from America. Last December it flew past Jupiter and transmitted back to Earth a wealth of valuable information. After taking measurements of Jupiter's temperature, magcntic field, radiation belts, atmospheric composition etc, and using the data sent by Pioneer-10 the American astronomers have advanced the hypothesis that Jupiter was originally the little brother to the Sun.
(The Americin Span, May 1974) The above view has been confirmed by recent theory of Dr. E. M. Drobyshevski of the Academy of Sciences of USSR published in Nature of 5th July, 1974 according to which Jupiter was originally in the centre of the solar system and not the sun. This theory has ucceeded in resolving a number of Astronomical riddles. Ualike the planets Mercury, Venus and Mars which are solid, the Jupiter is made up of gases like hydrogen and helium akin to that of the sun. According to this theory sun and Jupiter formed a binary system in the beginning of the universe, the sun being evolved from the matter thrown out of Jupiter-(Read the article "Jupiter-A Dethroned king' published in 'Science Today, Sept-1974)
The matter was referred to Dr. I. D. Serebreakov, Head of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow (USSR) and the learned Dr. writes to inform us that the possibility of existence of such planetary systems (where two suns rule movement of planets) is proved by astronomers.
He further adds : In some northern most area of our country some times, especially during severe frost (35°C-40°C below Zero) we can see such interesting meteorological phenomena like a sun in two circles (see picture in the Frontispiece). But this phenomena is temporary like a rainbow.
The northern most region of USSR is arctic zone of the Earth which in the language of ancients is called the Sumeru (EE). In other words it means that the Phenomena of two suns is seen round about Sumeru. In support of this view we quote the following verses from Siddhanta Siromani of Sri Bhaskaracarya.
लंका कुमध्ये ममकोटिरस्याः प्राक् पश्चिमे रोमकपत्तनंच ।
अधस्ततः सिद्धपुरं सुमेरूः सौम्येऽथ याम्ये बडवानलश्च ॥ लंकापुरेऽस्य यदोदयः स्यात्तदा दिनाध यमकोटिपुर्याम् ।
अधस्तदा सिद्धपुरेऽस्तकालः स्याद्रोमके रात्रिदलं तदेव ॥ (१, २) Lanka is situated in the centre of the Earth, to the east of it is Yamakoti, and Romaka Pattana in the west. Siddhapura is situated in the antipodes and Sumeru in the north.
At the time of sunrise in Lanka, it is noon in Yamakoti, sunset Siddhapura and midnight in Romaka Pattana.
Yamakoti,
Sumeru in the
blia, it is noon
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