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Babylonian Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

D.R. Brown
D.R. Brown*
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, UK

Abstract

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Cuneiform tablets from Babylonia record lunar and solar eclipses, the presence and movement of comets, meteors and meteor showers. These have provided historical astronomers with much valuable data, but caution must be exercised when using such records, for accuracy of observation often ceded to astrological intent. In the future, texts from Assyria may also provide useful data for historical astronomers.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 311 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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