15/04 SATURN IN THE HINTERLAND
Ecliptic longitude from Sun = -
(Meridian of Phnom Bok)
OBSERVER (1) : PHNOM BOK ( 13.46708° N ; 103.98201° E )
DEFERENT
(2)
MANDA
(3)
SIGHRA
(4)
PLANET
(5)
ECCENTRE
(6)
EQUANT
(7)
Coordinates
Of centre:
13.46708° 103.98201°
Radius (Rd) = 392.555 km
= 521.697 KY
Az.= -
Runs through the area of Lop Buri where the Khmer temples were built. Those temples are located on a set of loxodromes drawn from Vat Ek and crossing the “Phnom” where the Prasat Khao Noi has been erected.
Coordinates
Of centre:
14.531944°
107.448308°
Radius (Rm) =
32.713 km
= 43.475 KY
Az. = 210.03°
Centre:
On parallel of Phnom Rung.
Coordinates of
Centre :
14.679916°
107.185445°
Radius (Rs) =
43.617 km
= 57.967 KY
Az. = 0°
Centre:
On axis of Preah Khan KS (from centre to mebon):
Loxodrome : -
Axis of temple: -
Error = 0.07°
Preah Khan KS is the hub of the outer planets of 15/04 (see Jupiter and Mars)
The loxodrome tangent to the Sighra epicycles of Saturn and Jupiter crosses the southern escarpment of the Dangrek range at the location of the Ta Muen Thom temple (*)
Coordinates:
14.679916°
107.590414°
Dist. from obs.
= 412.144 km
= 547.730 KY
Az. = -
Error = 0.10°
On loxodrome running through Vat Phou (Lingaparvata) and Phimai.
On the continuation of great axis of Vat Phou baray (-
Coordinates: 13.615097°
103.72029°
Dist. from
observer (D)
= 32.713 km
Az. = 210.03°
Coordinates:
13.763021°
103.458567°
Dist. from obs
(Re) = 65.426 km
Az. = 210.03°
It is located on the loxodrome from the
sanctuary of Banteay Chmar to Banteay Prei Nokor via the geometrical centre of Angkor Wat . This loxodrome is determined by the lunar diagram of Angkor Wat.
The apsidal line crosses the intersection of the Great North Channel with the axis of the “grid-
Remarks : Rm/Rd = 0.08333 ; D/Rd = 0.08333 ; Rd/Rs = 9
There are several relationships between the diagram of Saturn and the one of the Moon
(*) The Ta Muen Thom is located halfway between two other temples of the Dangrek Range (Ta Bai Baek to the west and Ta Khwai to the east). The three temples are located on the same loxodrome. The latter crosses the northern Gopura of Preah Vihear.
(**) Beng Mealea was located on the intersection of this tangent with a loxodrome running through the Saturn’s eccentre and tangent to the deferent (E) of the Chau Srei Vibol Sun
(***) see column “planet” of 15/04 Mars in the Hinterland
The solsticial line of Vat Phou is “broken” by the presence of the Phou Kao Mountain (N-