Citation
Py. Zhang et Yb. Han, "Double dawn" eclipse and the rotational variation of the earth, CHIN SCI B, 45(11), 2000, pp. 988-991
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
ISSN journal
10016538
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Volume
45
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
988 - 991
Database
ISI
SICI code
1001-6538(200006)45:11<988:"DEATR>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A record of "double dawn" at State Zheng in the first year of the reign of
King Yi in Western Zhou Dynasty in the chronicle "Bamboo Annals" (Zhushu Ji
nian) is discussed. We think that it may be a record of an annular solar ec
lipse happening in 899 BC. The record and the Delta T, which describes the
secular Variation of the earth's rotation, are analyzed and discussed.