Uranus, Neptune, Pluto mentioned in Mahabharata Uranus and Neptune were discovered through telescope in 781 AD by Herschel, but their calculated position never matched with original one. It was corrected by German Astronomers in 1846 AD. But Sage Veda Vyas mentioned Uranus, Neptune and Pluto in his epic poem Mahabharata Vyas has named them as Sweta, Syama and Teekshana. Uranus or Sweta (Greenish White planet) Vishesheena hi Vaarshneya Chitraam Pidayate Grahah….[10-Udyog.143] Swetograhastatha Chitraam Samitikryamya Tishthati….[12-Bheeshma.3] Here Vyas states that some greenish white (Sweta) planet has crossed Chitra Nakshatra. Neelakantha of 17th century also had the knowledge of Uranus or Sweta. Sweta means greenish white, which was later discovered to be the color of Uranus. Neelakantha writes in his commentary on Mahabharat (Udyog 143) that Shveta, or Mahapata(one which has greater orbit) was a famous planet in the Astronomical science of India. Neelakantha calls this “Mahapata”
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