THE FOUR MAYAN
CATASTROPHES AND
THE ORIGIN OF MOON
Chronology and possible
causes of the Mayan four
catastrophes and a new
approach to Moon’s origine
Emilio Spedicato,
University of Bergamo
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Introduction
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In ancient texts, sacred (Bible, Koran, Rig Veda… )
or epical (Homeric, Iranian, Kirghisian,
Scandinavian epics…), we face events of exceptional
nature, often catastrophic. These can be interpreted
symbolically or as the memory of real events, which
may now be modeled mathematically. A non trivial
task both in eqs setting and their numerical solution.
We shall consider some of these cases.
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Catastrophes in ancient texts
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In Plato, Timeus and Critias (likely also in
Ellanicus and Pythagoras, from Egyptian or
Indian source), it is stated that Earth was
affected several times by catastrophes of
extraterrestrial nature, characterized by fire and
water. Three such events were very great, the
last one the Deucalion flood, and the first one,
9000 years before Solon time, the destruction
of Atlantis. In Herodotus, Pomponius Mela
(also Koran ) it is stated that sunrise and sunset
positions of Sun changed three times, a fact that
if true implies catastrophic events.
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Memory of ancient catastrophes
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Most ancient events pertain to first two vedic
yugas, once their chronology is decrypted
4 great catastrophes given in Mayan tradition
3 great catastrophes in Plato-Egyptian tradition
including Atlantis destruction
7 events relate to the 7 days of creation in
Genesis, each day being actually 1000 years
Spedicato’s theory about last 4 catastrophes
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Mayas memorize 4 catastrophes
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In Mayan codices that escaped the bonfire of bishop
Diego de Landa, in Popol Vuh and in Ixtichihuatl, 4
great catastrophes appear, first one from fire and
wind. America preserved a memory older than in
Egypt, the fire catastrophe fitting with an event
recently discovered: the impact circa 10.900 AC of a
large asteroid over Canadian ice. It terminated the
Clovis era, burned forests over million square km
forming the black mat layer, made climate more
severe (Younger Dryas), formed Carolina bays.
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THE GREAT LAKES REGION
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GREAT LAKES AND
RELATED STATES
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IMPACT POINT NEAR
CHICAGO OR DETROIT?
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CAROLINE BAYS 1
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CAROLINA BAYS 2
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A wind effect of the fire catastrophe
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According to Mayas, the period that followed till
second catastrophe was very windy , hence
explaining geologic evidence in Europe of frequent
forest destruction by hurricanes.
It also explains the strange statement in Plato that
Atlantis was protected from winds by a chain of hills.
Notice that Atlantis had been in existence a few
centuries before its destruction from internal Platonic
chronology. Its date of foundation may be that given
by the beginning of the third yuga, circa 9800 BC.
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An explanation of events in the 7
days of creation in Genesis
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According to Talmudic scholars each day of
Creation is a period of 1000 years; same
statement in one Psalm
Since the 6° day begins with Adam “creation”
that can be dated at precisely 5500 BC, the
first day starts at 10.500 BC and can be related
to the impact over Canada
Notice that second day corresponds to Atlantis
destruction, i.e. to the rapid end of Ice Age
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A look at the first day
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The impact over a 5 km deep ice would create
a many thousand km high column of ionized
ice, soon becoming extremely bright
It would be visible even in Europe, Africa,
parts of Asia. It would appear as a sudden flash
of light, lasting probably several minutes,
illuminating the night or beating sun light
This would explain the statement FIAT LUX
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Other first day effects
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After few hours the sound of the impact would reach
Old World as a long rumble, and go on for several
days quasi periodically. Hence we may explain
LOGOS
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Also after some hours the wind from the event would
reach Old World, albeit not as violent and hot as
experienced in Central America. Coming from over
the waters of the Atlantic, we can explain the SPIRIT
= RUACH = strong wind – MOVING OVER THE
WATERS
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The Atlantis catastrophe
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The story of Atlantis presents a civilization centered
beyond the Atlantic, with precise geographic features. It
was destroyed about 9500 BC by a catastrophe
characterized by a giant tsunami lasting several days.
After the event, memorized by Ethiopians who
repopulated Egypt a thousand years later, the Atlantic
Ocean was no more navigable, and the island had
disappeared.
The geographic data in Plato agree with Hispaniola in
the Caribbeans, named by the Taino local inhabitants
Quisqueya = MOTHER OF ALL LANDS
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Atlantis = Hispaniola = Quisqueya
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Quisqueya has mountains reaching 3000 meters, close to
the shore, and many rivers and lakes
It is rich in copper mines (the orichalc?) and gold, cause of
the destruction of the natives by Columbus.
It has a flat area from east to west with many rivers and
protected by hills from the northernly winds
The coasts are steep and can be imbedded in a rectangle
with the size given by Plato to the irrigated plane
The capital city was located probably on the southern side
Bartolome de las Casas describes Hispaniola as Plato, rich
of mountains, rivers, fertile, a population over 3 million
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ATLANTIS EVENT TAKES PLACE AT
THE END OF LAST ICE AGE
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The time given by Plato for the end of Atlantis
corresponds to the time for the end of the last Ice
Age, precisely established by sedimental analysis
There is now evidence that the Ice Age terminated
very fast, see the book of two Oxford geologists ICE
AGE ENDED IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS
Sediments analysis in north Atlantic shows that
temperature increased over 25 degrees in less than 5
years (Petersen et al, Milos 2005 Atlantis conference)
After Ice Age Gulf Stream changed course, moving
before from Caribbans to Gibraltar
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Map of Hispaniola
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Atlantic ocean, notice deep sea
around Hispaniola
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CARIBBEANS, HISPANIOLA
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HISPANIOLA GREEN AREAS
AND DENSITY
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GULF STREAM TODAY
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1777 MAP OF GUILF STREAM
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Possible extraterrestrial causes
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Fast end of an ice age can be explained by two
extraterrestrial events:
Asteroid-comet oceanic mpact, fracturing the thin
oceanic crust and letting magma pour out with
production of warm rains
Close passage of a large object deforming Earth due
to gravitational tide; magma again pours out of
fractured oceanic crust, mainly from oceanic ridges
First cause less likely for last Ice Age since no crater
has been found at that age
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Close passage of a large body and
capture of Moon
Ancient data suggest that a large object passed near Earth,
possibly the Pachamacac of Chimu, or the Nibiru of
Sumerians, or Metis of Greek mythology. Possibly from this
object Earth acquired Moon.
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A time before the Moon is quoted in the Bible, Job 25-5 and
Psalm 72-5
For the Hindu the Moon was born from a boiling sea
For the Malekula of Melanesia: air was filled of vapours, when
they disappeared sea level had increased and the Moon shined
in the sky
Recent origin of Moon stated in Democritus, Anaxagoras,
Aristotle, Apollonius, Plutarch, Ovid, Hyppolitus, Lucian….
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Math analysis of Moon’s capture
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Capture impossible in a 3 body system with only
gravitational forces, but no problem in a 4 body
system, see Charon leaving Neptune to Pluto.
Turkish symbol of half Moon with a five pointed star
inside and the passage in Censorinus ARCADIANS
CLAIM THAT, BEFORE THE MOON EXISTED,
YEAR CONSISTED OF 3 MONTHS suggest the
loss of a previous satellite: Mars?
If Mars was lost, it may have approached Earth every
54 years, alternating by day and night on a given
meridian, till final circularization (see Dixon)
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Problems with standard theories
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Over 30 theories exist for Lunar formation
Many considered lunar birth coeval with Earth;
but lunar rock analysis shows different isotope
ratios not explainable from common origin
Three body capture is only possible if Moon
would be subject to atmospheric strong drag;
Japanese show that then Moon orbit circularizes
in about 10 years !
Today standard theory has Moon formed from
debris of a giant tangential impact with a Mars
size body
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WHERE IS NIBIRU?
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STANDARD ORBITAL PERIOD 3600
YEARS, REAL ONE PROBABLY 20, SINCE
ASIAN ANCIENT NUMBERS WERE
OFTEN MULTIPLIED BY 180
POSSIBLE IMPACT ON JUPITER ABOUT
6900 BC, SEE TOLTEC CODEX AND
TOLLMANN ANALYSIS OF SEVEN
GREAT SIMULTANEOUS IMPACTS ON
EARTH AROUND THAT TIME
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JUPITER IMPACT EFFECTS
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IMPACT IN «RED SPOT» AREA, THUS
NOT A HURRICANE, BUT STILL ACTIVE
CRATER OF IMPACT, SEE ACKERMAN
NIBIRU AS METIS, PREGNANT OF
ATHENA, ENTERING BODY OF JUPITER,
EXPELLING ATHENA FROM ITS HEAD
CORE OF JUPITER SMALLER THAN OF
SATURN, IMPACT BY BODY 10 TIMES
LARGER IN MASS THAN EARTH
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More about the Jupiter impact
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For a frontal impact, Jupiter speed is reduced,
hence Jupiter moves to a more distant orbit
Did Jupiter interact with Saturn in new orbit?
Asteroid belt possible original location of
Jupiter, their mass less then lunar mass, just
beeing only part of mass lost in impact
Most mass might have produced Venus and
some Jupiter satellites, see Ackerman
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Metis before Jupiter impact
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If Metis is Nibiru with 20 years period, then between
loss of Moon and impact over Jupiter there is a time
of about 2500 years
With a Metis period of 20 years, then about 120
crossing expected in such period
Crossing generally took place with Earth far away,
but the dramatic effects for close crossings
Possibly 10 such close passages, related to the 10
reincarnations of SHAKTI and 10 ages of Hesiod
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JUPITER, RED SPOT, SATELLITES
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RED SPOT
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MOON, VENUS-ATHENA, JUPITER
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Was Mars a former Earth satellite?
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Mars as a former Earth satellite would probably
explain similar rotation period and angle over ecliptic
It would suggest water presence until recently, lost
catastrophically when removed from Earth and at
subsequent close passages. This water may explain
the water droplets, see Frank, appearing as flashes in
Earth night photos
Also likely the presence of life, even intelligent one,
as suggested inter alia by the Cidonia area structures
whose artificiality is shown by fractal analysis by
Russian military codes, see van Flandern
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Modeling lunar capture, Mars loss
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Modeling lunar capture is a four body problem with
unknown initial conditions. It can be solved by
educated guess or an optimization formulation
Modeling the additional loss of Mars is a five body
problem of similar nature; the very accurate OD
solvers of Brugnano-Trigiante should be used
The Censorinus statement suggests, via Kepler’s third
equation, that Mars was, before Moon, at about one
million km from Earth. Moon appeared bigger and
brighter , a bonus for survivors of Ice Age end.
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TURKISH MOON-MARS
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MOON-MARS JEWEL + 4….
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The 4°catastrophe: Deucalion
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Deucalion catastrophe from Orosius took place at
time of Exodus, of migrations and climatic troubles,
and was due to the explosion of Phaethon
Can be dated at 1447 BC, at the end of Egypt Middle
Kingdom by the invasion of the Hyksos-AmuAmalek from Turan, see Velikovsky chronology
Homer does not quote Deucalion but refers to
Phaethon and Lampos as visible at sunrise. Such
bodies were possibly perturbed, Lampos crashed
over Africa (Mauritania, S. Egypt?) while Phaethon
spiralled towards Earth
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The Lampos crash: some effects
Assuming for Lampos and Phaethon sizes of 1-3 km,
Lampos crashing over Africa would spread dust in
the atmosphere and start eruption of the hundred
volcanoes in Dancalia, Earth most unstable region
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water, would produce blood red pumices, falling
partly over Indian Ocean ( called Red Sea by this
reason) and partly over Ethiopia
 Monsoon rains would wash pumices into Nile,
leading to the chain of events known as the Ten
Plagues – the tenth one a case of eclampsia affecting
young Egyptian women, see Sabbadini…
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Phaethon explodes in atmosphere
over norhern Germany
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Once close to Earth by spiralling, Phaethon
fragmented over Arabia, a fact seen by Moses when
stranded in Pi Hahirot between Egyptian army and
mountains, his road blocked by rockfall. Trajectory
recorded b Babylonians, see Hempsell
It entered atmosphere over Mediterranean, fired
palaces of Crete and forests of Central Europe, and
exploded over Eider in northern Germany
There was an earthquake, followed by an atmospheric
hot wave or wind, generating more fires and tsunamis
in Mediterranean, Red Sea and Atlantic
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Phaethon moved from Yemen to Jutland passing over Dead Sea
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Satellite photo of Eider region in Schleswig Holstein, Germany
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Delta, Sinai, Dead Sea, northern Red Sea from satellite
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NUWEIBA O PIHAHIROT
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Some notes on Nuweiba
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In the north side a road exists between sea and
mountains, as described in Josephus
The wadis in the plane can be canalized becoming
small ports, hence name PI HAHIROT
Moses probably arrived from Wadi Watir
Sea in front of Nuweiba is shallow. A Karolinskaia
Institut expeditio found unexpected corals of special
shape. A submarine bridge allows sea appear as
divided if sea level decreases some meters
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Dancalian volcanoes eruptions affect Ethiopia, Arabia, Indian Ocean
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Modeling Phaethon explosion
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Phaethon explosion is a super Tunguska event.
Possibly one million MT versus 500 of 1908
Tunguska event in West Siberia
Effects of atmospheric wave and generated tsunamis
can be calculated in principle, a very complex
problem requiring huge calculations and many data
Calculation parameters involve energy and height of
the explosion
Calculation interesting in relation to possible impact
on Earth of Apophis, circa 2025
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The second catastrophe: the
biblical Flood
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The second catastrophe in Plato is certainly the
biblical flood, where most interpreters have Noah
surviving on mount Judi in Armenia, about 30 km
south of’Ararat, in Turkey, date about 3161-3171 AC
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The same Flood appears in other traditions, with
different survivors, e.g. Utnapishtim or Manu.
According to Talmud many boats were built, some
survived the event, most were destroyed, the event
being expected, also for the many earthquakes. Noah
visited Enoch “in sky” (in Garden of Eden?, now
Hunza valley)
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Noah in Tibet?
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In Vedic Fish Upanishad, there is a king with a very
great dominion surviving the Flood. Since he has
three sons whose names are similar to those of
Noah’s sons, one making joke of him having seen
him naked, he can be related to Noah
From extrabiblical sources Enoch, grand father of
Noah, had a very great kingdom, since 600 kings
accepted his authority. Such a kingdom may have
passed to his son Lamech, one of the three main gods
of Kafirs, and also to Noah: a kingdom possibly from
Europe to China, remember a tradition Noah died in
Italy
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Urartu is Mount Kailas?
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Bible says Ark landed in Urartu, in past seen as
Ararat, now as Armenia. Urartu has no meaning in
semitic languages. But it may be a triple hybrid
name, UR=KUR=mountain, sanskrit, AR=ARI=
ARANI, gold, Magyar, TU=TA= great, Chinese. So
the great mountain with gold, which leads to Kailas,
most sacred Asian mount, place of Ophir gold mine
At foot of Kailas lies lake MANASOVAR, where
MANAS relates to a man with knowledge, OV=OB=
AB is water, lake, AR gold again. Hence the golden
lake of Manas.
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Is Manas a name for Noah?
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Manas is a name related to Minos, Menes, Manu, Latin
MENS, indicating someone with special knowledge. There is a
town Manas in Zungaria and an epic of Manas of Kirghisians,
about 6 millione verses, only a tenth translated into Russian. Is
this epic related to Noah to some extent? A good question and
one more reason for collecting and translating it.
Noah lived over 300 years after Flood, to about 2700 BC, and
owned a very large dominion. Thus did he travel and was he at
the origin of some civilizations starting at that time? Is he the
Menes of first Egypt dynasty, Menes-Manas-Noah?
The quoted Upanishad and other arguments suggest a Tibetan
place for Noah, another research topic on surviving Tibetan
texts
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Other survivors
In Sumerian and Akkadian traditions the
survivor is Ziusudra or Utnapishtim; he was
visited about 2500 BC by Gilgamesh, on
mount Nimush, now the Anye-machen range,
in Tibet, sacred to the Ngolok, surrounded by
river Maqu, a Sumerian name for the Yellow
River !
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Manu, probably the Mannu of Germans. He
survived in a cave on the top of Montisola in
lake Iseo or Siviano. Ancient local names
suggest contacts with India via Red Sea, Wadi
Hammamet, Nile, Mediterranean, Po and river
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Mount Judi lies where borders join of Armenia, Iran, Turkey
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Causes of second catastrophe
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The second catastrophe was due to an event possibly
unique in the history of Universe, not to be repeated,
says the Bible
It was characterized by arrival of water from the
depths of the high and of the low
Hypothesis of Ackerman and mine that the cause was
the close passage of Mars, which lost its oceans and
its core, that became planet Mercury. The length of
the year changed from 360 to 365 days. This event is
hinted by an enigmatic passage in Plutarch, and…
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Lesser (?) catastrophes
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From Herodotus and Pomponius Mela twice Sun rose
in east and twice in west; no changes in climate
Koran praises the God of Orients and of Occidents, in
a sura always interpreted as poetic utterance
The above can be explained by three inversions of the
rotational momentum of Earth. Such inversions may
or may not also involve inversion of the stellar vault
Possible Typhon event circa 2040, ending Ancient
Kingdom, Sargonide empire, Indus civilization, Job
witnesses effects explosion in Sinai from Oman?
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How rotation axis can change
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A few degrees variation of the axis angle
towards ecliptic can follow an asteroid impact,
whose velocity vector points not too close to
the Earth center, see Barbiero who used
gyroscope theory
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Same effect can follow a close passage of a
large body, see Baltensperger and Woelfli
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The inversion case
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A variation only of sign and not direction of the
angular rotational velocity vector keeps the equatorial
bulge, reducing the consequences of the event.
Perhaps only “silent earthquakes” would take place.
Spedicato under some simplifications shows
existence of 2 or 4 states with same total energy and
total angular momentum, by considering both rotation
and revolution, via Kepler’s third law. One state is
close to present one and might be reached by a small
input.
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Effects of the inversion
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Distance Earth-Sun changes about one
thousandth, hence received solar energy one
millionth: undetectable!
Day’s length changes about 8 minutes,
detectable possibly at circadian level
Number of days in year changes from 365 to
363, thus need to correct the calendar, i.e. to
establish the solstitial or equinoctial days
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When there were inversions?
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Signs of inversion taking place: strange movements
in celestial bodies, and possible modest tsunamis
Possibly one inversion at end of Indus-Sarasvati
civlization, circa 2000 BC, when megalitic
monuments underwent modifications
Another 1407 BC, Ogyges flood, Sun “stopped at
order of Joshua”, 40 years after Exodus
A third one circa 700 AC, when many calendars
were changed (Numa Pompilius…)
At time of Biblical Flood, which seems to have
happened in Spring but followed by Autumn
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End of Indus civilization, Ancient
Kingdom, Assyrian emire….
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The above quoted civilizations may have ended at the
same time, see several authors
Possible cause Typhon, a Cruithne object, exploding
over north coast of Sinai, lake Serbonides, about 1940
BC, time of a giant Hekla explosion
Sarasvati river dried for sand rich tsunami that
flooded SW plane of India due to methane hydrates…
Job probably describes the explosion effects from a
distance, say 2000 km, in Khuzistan….
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Catastrophes in last 2000 years
The greatest was about 546 AD, when several comets
were seen, a few probably crashed, especially in
Arabia, destroying the tribes of Aad and Thamud.
Then the devastating plague of Justinian. Food
shortage in China leading to emperor suicide.A
volcano exploded, separating Java and Sumatra, and
becoming Krakatoa, according to arguments by Keys
 Another in 1178 when probably fragments of an
asteroid, whose core hit Moon, hit Pacific Ocean
leading to social discontinuities, migrations, fires in
New Zealand forests…
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When the next one??
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Impacts with comets, Apollos and other bodies
always possible
Close passages of large objects from Kuiper
region also possible, also from ouside solar
system
Asteroid Apophis, about 400 m diameter, in
about 20 years may hit Earth with the energy
of over 10.000 megatons, or will pass very
lose.
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EVEN EARLIER EVENTS
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Once decrypted by a simple astronomical based
criterion all large numbers in ancient texts
(Babylonian, Japanese, Nepalese, Indian…) are
congruent and informative
The oldest reference pertain to the first two yugas,
one giving a year 29.000 BC, the other 17.000 BC.
The third yuga can be associated to the foundation of
Atlantis, the last one to the seven couples “creation”
in Garden of Eden, ending in 3103 with death of
Krishna
No end of age expected for now !!!
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WHAT THE MEANING OF THE
FIRST TWO YUGAS
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The second may relate to the starting of last Ice Age,
the first one to some event that led to a first form of
civilization, with Homo Sapiens prevailing over
Neanderthal
While this is not my research field, these two events
can be interpreted within the scenario developed by
Cardona (Earth as a previous satellite of Saturn, an
independent brown dwarf captured by solar system)
and by De Grazia and Milton, who analyze
electromagnet effects
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