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posting this today in honor of sagan 🥹🌌
December 20, 2024 at 9:13 PM
posting this today in honor of sagan 🥹🌌
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You know, there are events/objects in history that shift the course of humanity - and Halley's Comet is one of them.
From records kept by Ancient Babylonians, to observations in 1532, 1607, 1682, 1758 - this comet was used to confirm Newtonian Gravity.
Babylonian records tell us so much science. 🧪
From records kept by Ancient Babylonians, to observations in 1532, 1607, 1682, 1758 - this comet was used to confirm Newtonian Gravity.
Babylonian records tell us so much science. 🧪
Ancient Babylonians kept copious records of astronomical phenomena on clay tablets that we call Astronomical Diaries.
In 164 BCE, they saw Halley’s Comet hover softly in the night sky, and recorded it in cuneiform on clay www.ebl.lmu.de/fragmentariu...
In 164 BCE, they saw Halley’s Comet hover softly in the night sky, and recorded it in cuneiform on clay www.ebl.lmu.de/fragmentariu...
November 29, 2024 at 7:49 AM
You know, there are events/objects in history that shift the course of humanity - and Halley's Comet is one of them.
From records kept by Ancient Babylonians, to observations in 1532, 1607, 1682, 1758 - this comet was used to confirm Newtonian Gravity.
Babylonian records tell us so much science. 🧪
From records kept by Ancient Babylonians, to observations in 1532, 1607, 1682, 1758 - this comet was used to confirm Newtonian Gravity.
Babylonian records tell us so much science. 🧪