Re: A China-Sumer connection
From: Tak To (takto_at_alum.mit.edu.-)
Date: 02/21/05
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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:28:52 -0500
a.manansala@attbi.com wrote:
> The Chinese sky was divided into twelve double hours. Also, the lunar
> zodiac is a mean Jupiter cycle, i.e. the revolution of Jupiter through
> the stars divided into twelve parts.
So it is a "Jovian" zodiac rather than a "lunar" one.
> Also the 24 chi are just the 12 solar months divided in half.
It depends on how a "solar" month is defined. Presumably a "solar"
month is defined as 1/12 of 365.25 days? Well, the 24 qi's are defined
by the angle rather than the duration. The "solar" orbit being
elliptical, these two do not match exactly.
Tak
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