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)

Review text

Ein Höhepunkt der babylonischen Astronomie war die Theorie der Mondbewegung, deren beide Varianten als System A und B bekannt sind. Der Verf. stellt den ersten Teil einer Studie vor, in der die Fragen und Probleme diskutiert werden, die bei der Aufstellung dieser Systeme eine Rolle gespielt haben. Im vorliegenden Teil werden die empirischen Daten untersucht, die nötig waren, die Unregelmäßigkeiten der Sonnen- und der Mondbewegung voneinander zu trennen, und ihre mögliche Gewinnung bzw. Herleitung erörtert. Hauptabschnitte sind der Saros-Zyklus, der 19-Jahr-Zyklus, die anomalistischen Periodenrelationen, Extremwerte und Amplituden von Finsternisintervallen und der Mittlere Synodische Monat.

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