Solar eclipse of May 27, 669 BC Chr.
| Solar eclipse of May 27, 669 BC Chr. | |
|---|---|
| classification | |
| Type | Ring-shaped |
| Saros cycle | 46 |
| Gamma value | 0.3016 |
| Greatest eclipse | |
| Duration | 5 minutes 35 seconds |
| location | 37 ° 5 ' N , 131 ° 7' E |
| time | May 27 -668 2:53:17 UT |
| size | 0.951 |
The solar eclipse of May 27, 669 BC Chr. Acquired special historical importance, since the cuneiform recording of the solar eclipse with the war events described in addition referred to Assyrian difficulties. Today the cuneiform tablet is in the British Museum in London .
The astronomical event mentioned was an annular solar eclipse that was only observed for a very short time 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 was on May 27, 669 BC. Visible from sunrise at 4:57 am and could be observed until around 5:16 am. The Babylonian scribe of the cuneiform text noted the following circumstances:
“When the sun rose, it was shaped like a crescent moon and wore a (glittering) crown. The (Assyrian) king will trap his enemies in the country so that the evil leaves the country and everything becomes (again) well. [From Ras] il, servant of the king. "
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 28 minutes.
- ^ Francis Richard Stephenson: Historical Eclipses and Earth's rotation . P. 125.