The earliest known solar eclipse record redated
@article{deJong1989TheEK, title={The earliest known solar eclipse record redated}, author={Teije de Jong and W. H. van Soldt}, journal={Nature}, year={1989}, volume={338}, pages={238-240} }
AN astronomical event recorded on a clay tablet found in 1948 among the ruins of the ancient city of Ugarit, in what is now Syria, was identified 20 years ago as a description of a total solar eclipse that occurred on 3 May 1375 BC1,2. The dating of ancient solar eclipses provides reference points to fix the long-term evolution of angular momentum in the Earth-Moon system3. We have reanalysed the Ugarit eclipse record4. A new historical dating of the tablet, and mention in the text of the…
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