Modern astronomers

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"Modern scientists and astronomers" |"modern astronomer's" |"modern astronomers" |"modern astronomy" |"modern scientists or astronomers" |"russian astronomer" |"western astronomers"

SB Canto 5

According to modern astronomers, the sun is fixed in one place, surrounded by the solar system, but in this verse we find that the sun is not stationary: it is rotating in a prescribed orbit.

SB 5.1.30, Purport:

From the description in this verse, it appears that the sun moves. According to modern astronomers, the sun is fixed in one place, surrounded by the solar system, but here we find that the sun is not stationary: it is rotating in a prescribed orbit. This fact is corroborated by Brahma-saṁhitā (5.52). Yasyājñayā bhramati saṁbhṛta-kāla-cakraḥ: the sun is rotating in its fixed orbit in accordance with the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to Jyotir Veda, the science of astronomy in the Vedic literature, the sun moves for six months on the northern side of the Sumeru Hill and for six months on the southern side. We have practical experience on this planet that when there is summer in the north there is winter in the south and vice versa.