Studies in Babylonian lunar theory. I: Empirical elements for modeling lunar and solar anomalies

DOI10.1007/S00407-006-0121-9zbMath1128.01003OpenAlexW2006104172WikidataQ56141722 ScholiaQ56141722MaRDI QIDQ876560

John P. Britton

Publication date: 19 April 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-006-0121-9

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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