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System of Astronomical Constants in Hindu Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Amalendu Bandyopadhyay  and
Ashok Kumar Bhatnagar
Amalendu Bandyopadhyay
Affiliation:
Positional Astronomy Centre, Calcutta 700 053, India
Ashok Kumar Bhatnagar
Affiliation:
Positional Astronomy Centre, Calcutta 700 053, India

Abstract

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Astronomical constants such as the length of the solar year, sidereal and synodic periods of revolutions of the Moon and five brighter planets have been computed using the system of astronomy in ancient and mediaeval India and a comparison made with their modern values. The modern values of the Moon’s inequalities have been compared with that of the earlier Hindu astronomical reckonings. Also, the Equation of the Centre of the Sun as determined in the period 500 A.D. to 1150 A.D. has been discussed in relation to corresponding modern values.

Type
Ancient Elements and Planetary Models
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 91: History of Oriental Astronomy , 1987 , pp. 85 - 89
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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