An article titled "Did Venus Give Earth the Moon? Wild New Theory on Lunar History" has been published recently at http://www.space.com/22966-earths-moon-from-venus.html. Earth's moon is suggested to be a present from Venus.
My thoughts on the theory.
By some ancient accounts, the Moon was positioned between Rohini and Revathy constellations. It was always 'full moon', bright and shining, probably a planet whose orbit was between Earth and Venus.
My thoughts on the theory.
By some ancient accounts, the Moon was positioned between Rohini and Revathy constellations. It was always 'full moon', bright and shining, probably a planet whose orbit was between Earth and Venus.
About 40,000 years ago, massive
volcanoes must have erupt on Venus in the Ishtar Terra region, blowing a mass
the size of Australia into space. Let us call this mass as
'Australia' - it impacts Moon driving it closer to Earth, as a result of
which the Moon is captured by Earth's gravity.
'Australia' also orbits around Earth
for some time and then crashes into Earth, east of Japan around the
equator. 'Australia' settles down as Australia covering Earth with
dust and debris for at least 1000 years.
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This catastrophic chain of events is
very well recorded in Indian puranas and texts.
The Shiva Purana portion dealing with
Daksha Yagam narrates how the Moon was wedded to Revathy and Rohini,
and then later 'cursed' to spend equal time with other wives, the 28
constellations, and also to wax and wane as a punishment. For a
brief spell, Moon turned completely dark and later settled down in
its present orbit around the Sun, along with Earth.
'Australia', orbiting Earth, is
probably described as 'Tripura' – the third.
It may also be the 'Kurma' - the boar shaped one that
emerged anew on the face of Earth after the great deluge.
The debris from Venus impacted several
parts of Earth. The bits which fell in India are sanctified and
preserved intact as 'Shakthi Peetams' till date.
Venus is recorded to have a 'beard' or
'horn' that is not observable today. The Venusian horn must have
made its way to Earth – as a gift to admirers here, knocking Moon into its present orbit on its way!
References:
[1] http://explanet.info/Chapter07.htm
has images of Ishtar Terra and details of volcanic activity on Venus.
Ishtar Terra appears quite flat and resembles Australia.
[2] “Why are Things the way they
are”, G. Venkataraman, 'Height of Mountains' pp. 62-67
[3]
http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/2005/10oct/venuscomet.html
on the flaming beard of Venus.
[5] The Chronicle of Mangadu Temples,
Dr. P.S. Somasundaram
[6] http://io9.com/is-the-moon-a-planet-1064356920
[6] http://io9.com/is-the-moon-a-planet-1064356920