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Xavier_Onassis

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Re: Bad astronomy?
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2016, 11:54:50 AM »
That is good.

The way to understand complex stuff is to understand the simpler components one at a time .

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Re: Bad astronomy?
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2016, 01:51:27 PM »
I found it to be very useful.

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Re: Bad astronomy?
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2016, 06:27:43 PM »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonic_cycle

There is always more.

Observe how early in history and in how many different places these details were known.