Séminaire 1ère séance 14h-15h30

Contribution List

1. Big Data in Medieval Europe : Computing Daily Planetary Positions for Multiple Years

Richard Kremer (Dartmouth College)

1/11/22, 2:00 PM

Computation of long series of true planetary positions at regular time intervals (e.g., days) or consecutive eclipses has long been a central task of mathematical astronomy, from the Babylonian goal-year texts (500 BCE) through Greek, Arabic, Hebrew and Latin astronomy and continuing into the modern period with the national editions of astronomical almanacs prepared by the Nautical Almanac...