Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Distance from earth to moon

The Surya Siddhanta, a textbook on astronomy of ancient India, calculated the distance from earth to moon as 253,000 miles. The modern measurement is 252,710 miles.

Source :
Surya-Siddhanta: A Text Book of Hindu Astronomy
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lovely. Where can i get a copy of this book

September 19, 2007 at 2:18 PM
nuke said...

I have updated the post with a link. You can get the English version of the book from there.

September 19, 2007 at 4:39 PM
Anonymous said...

Nice Said, Said Great Thing.

October 5, 2007 at 11:09 AM

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