An Ancient Solar Eclipse Record ``Tian-da-yi'' in the 10th Century BC

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, , Citation Ci-Yuan Liu 2002 Chin. J. Astron. Astrophys. 2 391 DOI 10.1088/1009-9271/2/5/391

1009-9271/2/5/391

Abstract

The ancient record ``Tian-da-yi'' (the sky darkened greatly) is identified with the solar eclipse on May 31, 976BC. This identification is demonstrated in this paper through a palaeographic, astronomical and chronological analysis. It is probably the earliest solar eclipse in Chinese history that can be so identified.

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