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Ancient Chinese Auroral Records: Interpretation Problems and Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Michel Teboul
Michel Teboul*
Affiliation:
C.N.R.S. and Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, The, University of Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

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In recent years a number of auroral catalogues have been compiled from Oriental records, but the auroral identifications given vary greatly from one catalogue to another. This is due to the fact that, up to now, no reliable criteria have been found which could help us discriminate between auroral and non-auroral ancient records. In this paper two new criteria are propounded and their usefulness illustrated by the solution of a few currently much debated questions.

Type
Ancient Astronomy and its Characteristics
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 91: History of Oriental Astronomy , 1987 , pp. 41 - 50
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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