A Re-analysis of the Eclipse Observations in Ptolemy's Almagest

DOI10.1034/J.1600-0498.2000.420202.XzbMath1026.01004OpenAlexW2035198892MaRDI QIDQ4780754

John M. Steele

Publication date: 21 November 2002

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0498.2000.420202.x

zbMATH Keywords

Babylonian astronomyGreek astronomyAlmagestlunar eclipses

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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