Some early descriptions of aurorae in China
Eight accounts from ancient Chinese literature have been found that describe phenomena in contexts and in metaphors that are distinctly auroral. These accounts relate to personages purported to have lived in the third millennium B.C. The historicity of the personages and the actual dates of thei...
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| author | P. K. Wang G. L. Siscoe |
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| description | Eight accounts from ancient Chinese
literature have been found that describe phenomena in contexts and in metaphors
that are distinctly auroral. These accounts relate to personages purported to
have lived in the third millennium B.C. The historicity of the personages and
the actual dates of their lives are still a matter of controversy. Thus the
accounts should be considered at a minimum as valuable additions to the
inventory of ancient allusions to the aurora. At the other extreme, if taken at
face value, they document the occurrence of low-latitude aurorae in the third
millennium B.C. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5cb44e37316473394d27cb42694a5462022-12-22T01:23:54ZengCopernicus PublicationsAnnales Geophysicae0992-76891432-05761995-05-011351752110.1007/s00585-995-0517-xSome early descriptions of aurorae in ChinaP. K. WangG. L. SiscoeEight accounts from ancient Chinese literature have been found that describe phenomena in contexts and in metaphors that are distinctly auroral. These accounts relate to personages purported to have lived in the third millennium B.C. The historicity of the personages and the actual dates of their lives are still a matter of controversy. Thus the accounts should be considered at a minimum as valuable additions to the inventory of ancient allusions to the aurora. At the other extreme, if taken at face value, they document the occurrence of low-latitude aurorae in the third millennium B.C.https://www.ann-geophys.net/13/517/1995/angeo-13-517-1995.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P. K. Wang G. L. Siscoe Some early descriptions of aurorae in China Annales Geophysicae |
| title | Some early descriptions of aurorae in China |
| title_full | Some early descriptions of aurorae in China |
| title_fullStr | Some early descriptions of aurorae in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Some early descriptions of aurorae in China |
| title_short | Some early descriptions of aurorae in China |
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