Brack-Bernsen, Lis (2020) Babylonian astronomy: a new understanding of column phi Schematic astronomy, old prediction rules, riddles, loose ends, and new ideas. ARCHIVE FOR HISTORY OF EXACT SCIENCES, 74 (6). pp. 605-640. ISSN 0003-9519, 1432-0657
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The most discussed and mysterious column within the Babylonian astronomy is column phi. It is closely connected to the lunar velocity and to the duration of the Saros. This paper presents new ideas for the development and interpretation of column phi. It combines the excellent Goal-Year method (for the prediction of Lunar Six time intervals) with old ideas and practices from the "schematic astronomy". Inspired by the old "TU11" rule for prediction of times of lunar eclipses, it proposes that column phi, in a similar way, used the sum of the Lunar Four to predict times of lunar eclipses as well as the duration of one, 6, and 12 months by means of what usually is called "R-S" schemes. It also explains fully the structure and development of such schemes, a fact that strongly supports the new interpretation of column phi.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | LUNAR THEORY; SYSTEM; |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 100 Philosophy |
| Divisions: | Philosophy, Art History, History, and Humanities > Institut für Philosophie Philosophy, Art History, History, and Humanities > Institut für Philosophie > Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Meinel |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2021 11:24 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2021 11:24 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/44050 |
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