Ancient humans and their early depictions of the universe: “It is no exaggeration to say that astronomy has existed as an exact science for more than five millennia,” writes the late science historian John North. astronomy.com Submitted by clayt6 t3_10g7eh5 on January 19, 2023 at 5:21 PM in space 168 comments 5,366
sumelar t1_j54jdby wrote on January 20, 2023 at 10:00 AM The fact that people thousands of years ago managed to figure out that precession is even a thing, let alone calculating it so precisely, hurts my brain. Permalink 1
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