39 min

System of a B The Song of Urania

    • Astronomy

We dive into the most sophisticated model of planetary and lunar motions that the Babylonians developed: System A and System B and see how the Babylonians used this method to predict eclipses, the length of months, and even measure the precession of the perihelion.

  • Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

We dive into the most sophisticated model of planetary and lunar motions that the Babylonians developed: System A and System B and see how the Babylonians used this method to predict eclipses, the length of months, and even measure the precession of the perihelion.

39 min

  • Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)