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Eclipses: A Brief History of Celestial Mechanics, Astrometry and Astrophysics
Published 2024-02-01“…Solar and lunar eclipses are indeed the first astronomical phenomena which have been recorded since very early antiquity. …”
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The Antikythera Mechanism: The Prove of the Accuracy of the Astronomical Calculations Based on It
Published 2021-10-01“…The Mechanism was used to calculate astronomical phenomena, such as solar and lunar eclipses. After an extensive description of the Mechanism, the main objective of the following paragraphs is to demonstrate the accuracy of its predictions.…”
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Behavior of Na atoms in the lunar exosphere during activity of meteor showers
Published 2011-12-01“…In searching for impact-produced Na atoms in the lunar exosphere, it is better to perform spectral observations during activity of the main meteor showers at altitudes of about 1000–2000 km, lunar eclipses, and during passages of the Moon through the Earth's magnetosphere.…”
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Juan López de Velasco, la "Descripción universal" and other subtle works
Published 2018-12-01“…Besides, in a life devoted to work and study, Velasco sought to gauge length through the observation of Lunar eclipses, but, at the same time, he acted as censor, removing a couple of treatises on Lazarillo de Tormes and giving to the printer a Lazarillo castigado which was in force for three hundred years, keeping the book for posterity. …”
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A great cosmic phenomenon in the heritage
Published 2021-12-01“…It seems uncertain, to some scholars, how did the Egyptians describe a solar eclipse since their astronomical records written on papyrus have not survived, however, external sources confirmed the Egyptians' possession of an accurate knowledge of solar and lunar eclipses. (Brewer, 1991 ; McMurray, 2003) In the history of cultural astronomy, virtually every ancient civilisation viewed the sudden chewing-up of the Sun as a bad omen."…”
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Moonstruck primates: owl monkeys (Aotus) need moonlight for nocturnal activity in their natural environment.
Published 2010-09-01“…Conclusive evidence for the direct masking effect of light is provided by data showing that locomotor activity was almost completely inhibited when moonlight was shadowed during three lunar eclipses. Temperature also negatively masked locomotor activity, and this masking was manifested even under optimal light conditions. …”
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