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Early Chinese eclipse. 16 Apr 1178 BC Total 39 1.0599 0.5187 10:00:58 00:04:33 Odyssey Eclipse. 21 Apr 899 BC Annular 53 0.9591 0.8964 22:21:56 00:03:04 China's 'Double-Dawn' Eclipse. June 15, 763 BC: Total 44 – 08:23 – 04m59s Attested in Assyrian sources and providing an absolute chronology of the ancient Near East. [4] 6 Apr 648 BC Total 38
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. By location [ edit ]
The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Historical inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers: "in the year X of king Y".
Astronomical chronology, or astronomical dating, is a technical method of dating events or artifacts that are associated with astronomical phenomena.Written records of historical events that include descriptions of astronomical phenomena have done much to clarify the chronology of the Ancient Near East; works of art which depict the configuration of the stars and planets and buildings which ...
A recently created lesson plan for Wisconsin teachers gives guidance to discuss how ancient peoples viewed solar eclipses in Wisconsin.
The Canon of Kings was a dated list of kings used by ancient astronomers as a convenient means to date astronomical phenomena, such as eclipses. For a period, the Canon was preserved by the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, and is thus known sometimes as Ptolemy's Canon. It is one of the most important bases for our knowledge of ancient chronology.
The eclipse begins at 6:25p.m. EST, and the total eclipse starts at 7:34 p.m. EST. Total solar eclipses can inspire a certain amount of awe, but they're nothing to be scared of.
His vivid descriptions of the effect led to the popularity of the next eclipse in 1842. Astronomer Francis Baily is noted for first observing Baily’s beads during a total solar eclipse.