Eclipse prediction in Mesopotamia

DOI10.1007/S004070050007zbMath0947.01002OpenAlexW1639942790WikidataQ56476408 ScholiaQ56476408MaRDI QIDQ1970915

John M. Steele

Publication date: 7 June 2000

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004070050007

zbMATH Keywords

Saros-cyclesystem Asystem B

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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