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245 pages of results. 121. The After-Effects of Newton's Comet of 1680 AD [Journals] [SIS Review]
... subsequent years. Conclusions Pursuing the after-affects of Newton's comet of 1680 has led in many directions. Its impact on astronomy, mathematics and physics was immense, as Newton's discoveries transformed all three disciplines. It has been argued that the ... observing the sky, so much so that the new Observatory at Greenwich was commissioned and came into use by the Astronomer Royal, Flamsteed, in September 1675. It was obviously felt to be important to observe the sky from many ... ,and The Lost Cities of Cibola, Phoenix, 1985. 19. E. F. Kino, Exposicion Astronomica de el Cometa Que el Ano de 1680. Mexico City, 1681. 20. C. C. Albritton ...
122. Planetary Identities: II The Mythology of Homer [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... ]. After all, it must not be forgotten that it was he who had even earlier stated that the astronomical origin of the major gods of antiquity is a premise that has been pulled out of a hat' [4 ... is given as Helios. See also Diodorus Siculus: Bibliotheca Historica II:30:3 ; Hyginus: De Astronomia (Poetica Astronomica) 2:42; F. Boll: Kronos-Helios', Archiv fur Religions-wissenschaft XIX (1916-1919 ... , pp. 343-344; G. Rawlinson: History of Herodotus (London, 1862), X, p. 509. 10. E. Cochrane: Heracles and the Planet Mars', Aeon I:4 (1988 ...
123. Tisserand and a Trojan to the Rescue [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... results. But absolutely nothing shows up. In contemplating my reply to Patten and Hatch I contacted several professionals in astronomy and orbital mechanics. Often it was difficult holding their attention, once they realized how preposterous the Mars-Earth Wars Theory ... chance that Mars passed within 0. 1 AU (about 39 times the Earth-Moon distance), still close by astronomical standards, of Venus in a 54-year period is 99.9997 percent- virtual certainty. With Mars interacting with ... in the sky. [The Cosmic Winter, p.165] I encourage everyone who is interested in the astronomico-mythico-historical nexus explored by Donnelly, Velikovsky, Patten, and others to familiarize themselves with Clube and Napier's The Cosmic Winter ...
124. The Scars of Mars Part I [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... , as depicted in Figure 1. [To be concluded] References 1. Otto Struve and Velta Zebergs, Astronomy of the 20th Century. New York: Macmillan, 1962, 179. 2. James S. Pickering, ... the origin of the asteroids, of which about 2750 have been discovered and named. Opinions seem to reflect various astronomers' conceptions of the solar system's origin. And opinions are divided as to whether they gathered or accreted as might ... of years- and the asteroids do seem to be relatively young. In this essay we shall first discard the astronomer's notion that Mars has been in its current orbit for billions of years- or even tens of thousands of years ...
125. Keeper of Genesis by Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock [Journals] [SIS Review]
... between the perimeter and height would not have been exactly 2p. They cannot have it both ways. Turning to astronomy, Bauval and Hancock claim that four so-called ventilation shafts in the Great Pyramid pointed precisely to the four stars, ... , but this dates from the 1st century AD. In a discussion of Orion, Bauval and Hancock quote American astronomer Virginia Trimble: Which constellations the Egyptians saw in the sky is still something of a mystery .. . but ... ', ruled for a further 13,420 years. Bauval and Hancock suggest that the Followers of Horus were astronomer-priests based at Heliopolis, the brains behind the constructions at Giza and elsewhere. Manetho, who lived in the 3rd ...
126. Medieval Europe: Dating And Recent Developments [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... the difference between Dynamical Time (the time-scale used in calculating orbital motions within the solar system - Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy, 1997), and Universal Time (a worldwide standard time-scale: the same as Greenwich Mean Time - Oxford ... relevance of solar eclipses as chronological markers. The analysis is confined to British data and looks at how closely the astronomical tables synchronise with the historical records. An exact match between the recorded observation and its retro-calculated appearance would serve to ... ). Source Phil.Trans, vol. xl. p. 193. 1737 and V. Wing, Astronomia Britannica, p. 355. 23 September 1699 (T ). This recording is a pure fluke in as ...
... bottom of the clouds, which are seen' at long wavelengths" has been proven to be wrong in Popular Astronomy for Jan. 1976, p. 26. His claim of ice crystals and water composition of the clouds has ... is no water on Venus worth mentioning." [writes] (E .J . Opik, The Irish Astronomical Journal, June 1963) "V .I . Moroz of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, writing in the Astronomichesky ... , Vol. 40, says: The monochromatic albedo curve contains no features characteristic of reflection from ice crystals. Evidently the clouds consist of neither ice nor water but of dust. ' Also: The form of the monochromatic albedo ...
128. Solaria Binaria [Books] [de Grazia books]
... (1969). 45. (1944) 13, presenting data from Russell, Dugan and Stewart, II Astronomy (1938) 703-4. 46. The electromagnetic theories of Juergens, Bruce and Crew appear to be consistent with ... . Figure 9. THE ORIGINAL STACKED BINARY SYSTEM (SOLARIA BINARIA) The average separation between binary components is 20 astronomical units[14] (20 times the distance between the Earth and Sun today). However in some binaries ... . 17. Proclus (1953). 18. See de Santillana and von Dechend, seriatim. The great astronomer-astrologists divided the major epochs of history into 800 year periods, based upon conjunctions of "fiery triplicity" of Saturn ...
129. Letters [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... wisdom is readily accessible: Hamlet's Mill (mentioned in Note 25); Harald Reiche, The Language of Ancient Astronomy: A Clue to the Atlantis Myth? ', Tech. Rev., Dec. 1977, pp. ... Just because Plato said people lived in Atlantis in no way detracts, contrary to Atkinson, from Atlantis being an astronomical allegory. C. F. Dupuis interpreted the twelve labours of Herakles as a zodiacal allegory in Origin of All ... find it reassuring that, in contrast to the disdain for Cosmic Winter expressed by Atkinson, no less than three astronomer-reviewers expressed enthusiastic approval in Nature, 22nd Nov. 1990, pp. 353-4 (F . Hoyle), in ...
130. The Orion Mystery by Robert Bauval and Adrian Gilbert [Journals] [SIS Workshop]
... solve the riddle of the pyramids' theories. However Bauval and Gilbert have taken a look upstairs and at last astronomy and the sky have begun to be taken seriously as important features of the past. Basically, their premise is ... Hoyle and Wickramasinghe, the end product would have been much more entertaining. Bauval and Gilbert made extensive use of astronomical calculations based on a computer programme. This kind of projection into the past should be useful but it assumes that ... to me that if the ancient Egyptians understood the precession of the equinoxes they would hardly have proceeded to construct vast astronomically-aligned stone pyramids which would become obsolete soon after being built. It is more realistic to assume that the pyramids were ...
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