An Early Function for Eclipse Magnitudes in Babylonian Astronomy

DOI10.1111/j.1600-0498.1989.tb00838.xzbMath0686.01003OpenAlexW2094268905MaRDI QIDQ4204121

John P. Britton

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1989.tb00838.x

zbMATH Keywords

cuneiform tabletseclipse possibilitymotion of the sun

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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