Ganita Bharati
Published in Association with Bulletin of The Indian Society for History of Mathematics
Current Volume: 45 (2023 )
ISSN: 0970-0307
Periodicity: Half-Yearly
Month(s) of Publication: June & December
Subject: Mathematics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/GB
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The Phenomena of Retrograde Motion and Visibility of Interior Planets in Bhaskara’s Works
By : Shailaja M, Vanaja V, S. Balachandra Rao
Page No: 69-82
Abstract
In this paper we present the interesting phenomena of the retrograde motion of taragrahas as also the visibility of Budha (Mercury) and Sukra (Venus) in the eastern and western horizons.
Bhaskaracarya in his astronomical works has dwelt at length on these phenomena and provided the relevant critical and stationary points. WE work out the details in the case of the two interior planets and compare the results with modern ones.