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Dec 2023
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AaS! 213: How Were Ancient Astronomers S...

Paul M. Sutter
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How were ancient people able to predict eclipses so well? How did they make predictions without modern science? What were they able to discover? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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