Wednesday, July 13, 2011

orbiting planets- Concept of gravity

akristisaktisca mahi taya yat
khastam guru swabhimukham swasaktya |
aakrushyate tatpatativa bhaati
same samantaat kva patatviyam khe ||

the attracting (gravitational) force is the earth. that earth with that gravitational force of hers attracts towards herself the large objects in the sky. it seems as though she is falling. in space, with matching forces where wil she fall

source: siddantha siromanih, Bhuvanakosah 6, bhaskara 2.

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