Solar eclipse of June 15, 763 BC Chr.
| Solar eclipse of June 15, 763 BC Chr. | |
|---|---|
| classification | |
| Type | Total |
| Saros cycle | 44 |
| Gamma value | 0.2715 |
| Greatest eclipse | |
| Duration | 5 minutes 3 seconds |
| location | 38 ° 9 ' N , 54 ° 3' E |
| time | June 15 -762 8:14:01 UT |
| size | 1.0596 |
The solar eclipse of June 15, 763 BC Chr. Acquired special historical importance, because the cuneiform recording of the solar eclipse through the reference to the eponym list an exact dating of the reign of the Assyrian king Aššur-dan III. made possible. Today the cuneiform tablet is in the British Museum in London .
The basic type of the astronomical event mentioned was a total solar eclipse , which only partially occurred in the region of Babylon and Aššur .
By checking with other historical eclipses, it was found that the historical dates deviate from the back-calculated values. The corresponding time difference is referred to as " Δ T ".
Taking into account the Δ T , the solar eclipse in Babylon began on June 15, 763 BC. Around 9:25 am. From about 10:48 a.m. to 10:52 a.m., it reached the greatest eclipse (occlusion 0.882) and ended around 12:18 p.m. The writer of the cuneiform text did not write down any more precise times besides the month.
literature
- Francis Richard Stephenson : Historical Eclipses and Earth's rotation . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1997, ISBN 0-521-46194-4
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Remarks
- ↑ a b Date in the proleptic Julian calendar .
- ↑ 5 hours and 53 minutes.
- ^ Francis Richard Stephenson: Historical Eclipses and Earth's rotation . P. 125; see also list of eponyms: year 763/762 BC Chr.