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

DOI10.1007/S00407-006-0121-9MaRDI QIDQ876560zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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

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