Dear Arjun-ji,

Namsakaar, I do not have much jyotish knowledge, but as regards the
asteroid belt (Rahu ??) between Mars and Jupiter, here is some
reference you may want to look at.


There is no asteroid belt between Mercury and Venus,except few
objects between Mercury's and Venus'
( Reference 1:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...tance_from_Sun )


Reference 2:
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimed....cfm?IM_ID=850

Asteroids are material left over from the formation of the solar
system. One theory suggests that they are the remains of a planet
that was destroyed in a massive collision long ago. More likely,
asteroids are material that never coalesced into a planet. In fact,
if the estimated total mass of all asteroids was gathered into a
single object, the object would be less than 1,500 kilometers (932
miles) across, less than half the diameter of our Moon.

Reference 3:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...eroids-ez.html

There are two hypotheses about how most of the asteroids formed. One
says they broke off of a mother planet that existed between Mars and
Jupiter. More likely, however, they represent what space was like
before the planets formed, and they are the remnants of that
process -- bits and pieces that never quite joined together.





Regards,




-- In vedic-astrology (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "panditarjun2004"
<panditarjun2004@...> wrote:
>
> dear anil ji
>
> as usual you post one mail in a month responding all others mails
> posted in that month. i personally appreciate your efforts in
> responding to all our observations. here are my brief comments to
> your observations on my mails:
>
> 1. you gave a convincing and sound logical observation on a
physical
> planet rahu existing in between mars and jupiter and its severed
> part as another small planet ketu in between mercury and venus.
> could you please furnish the reference of this research paper,
book
> or NASA website, as i am not aware of the physical existence of
rahu
> and ketu till date.
>
> 2. agreed to your observation of navagraha poojas indicating
> acceptance of the status of rahu and ketu as planets and also for
> mentioning three types of grahas. either as non-existing entities
> with planetary status or existing physical planets with planetary
> status, they have their position in the protocol of navagrahas and
> hence both rahu and ketu ENJOY WORSHIP along with other grahas in
> navagraha poojas.
>
> 3 & 4. you mentioned BPHS giving yogas for nodes and also own
signs,
> exaltation, debilitation and mooltrikon. same were not found in
> bhrigu and other samhitas and also some medieval books like
saravali
> and others.
>
> 5. yes, rahu and ketu were found giving good results in 3,6,11.
>
> 6. the few examples cited by you are true in relation to rahu's
> deceit and other observations of shukracharya and vaman avataar
etc.
> since these are true, i agree to your observations.
>
> with best wishes
> pandit arjun
>