The dating of Ptolemy's Almagest based on the coverings of the stars and on lunar eclipses |
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| Authors: | A. T. Fomenko V. V. Kalashnikov G. V. Nosovsky |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Geometry and Topology, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia;(2) Institute for System Studies, Prospect 60 let Oktjabrja 9, 117312 Moscow, Russia;(3) Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russia |
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| Abstract: | This paper is a natural extension and continuation of the authors' studies of the astronomical dating problem of Ptolemy's famous Almagest. In previous papers, the authors suggested and developed a new geometrical-statistical method for dating ancient star catalogues. This method was then applied to Ptolemy's Almagest. The results obtained do not confirm the traditional dating of the Almagest (2nd century AD or 2nd century BC) but shift it to the epoch AD 600–1300. In this paper, we extend our analysis to other parts of the Almagest and study the dating problem for series of lunar eclipses described in the Almagest and for the covering of stars by planets. The results obtained completely agree with our previous results and give the same time interval, AD 600–1300. |
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| Keywords: | 01A35 51F99 62J99 |
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