Article ID: CBB000102736

Early Greek Solstices and Equinoxes (2001)

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Description Note on how Early Greek astronomers may have calculated times of solstices and equinoxes.


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Authors & Contributors
Ben-Dov, Jonathan
Revello, Manuela
Parpola, Asko
Vavilova, Irina B.
Tang, Quan
Stern, Sacha
Journals
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
History of Science in South Asia
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Nei Menggu Shifan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)
Publishers
Hempen Verlag
Oxbow
L'Erma di Bretschneider
Brill
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Astronomy
Calendars
Astronomical chronology
Solar astronomy
Solar eclipse
Forecasting; prediction
People
Ptolemy
Liu Hong
Kangxi, Emperor of China
Homer
Aristotle
Time Periods
Ancient
Jin Dynasty (China, 265-420)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Han dynasty (China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.)
17th century
Places
Greece
China
Rome (Italy)
Mesopotamia
Middle and Near East
Egypt
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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