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Peer Review: A991938 - Ancient Astronomy- Archeoastronomy
J Started conversation Mar 9, 2003
Entry: Ancient Astronomy- Archeoastronomy - A991938
Author: Jodan - Mining 42 Project America, at A990993 - U201497
Who wants some ancient culture!?
A991938 - Ancient Astronomy- Archeoastronomy
anhaga Posted Mar 9, 2003
Hiya Jordan:
A note or two:
wandering stars-planets. do you want to mention the language? (Greek, wasn't it?)
conlusions->conclusions
"Astronomy is an observational science, not one of experimentation" Some purists might argue that it ain't a science without experimentation. But I understand your point.
" 60 seconds per minute." I thought I heard somewhere that the use of 60 seconds to the minute as a measure of time (as opposed to segmenting a degree) was a fairly recent invention (18th century). But I might be wrong.
The Chinese- mention the Crab Nebula, please, please, can you?!
"A very common misconception of early cultures" would "A very common misconception held by early cultures" be clearer? I thought at first you meant "A very common misconception about early cultures". Prepositions can be a bugger.
Mention the Maya calendar, please, please, can you?! http://www.michielb.nl/maya/calendar.html
and Rabbit on the Moon is always a place to visit: http://www.halfmoon.org/index.html
Just a few little things.
You've been busy, I see. Well, back to 1812.
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Z Posted Mar 9, 2003
I don't know much about the subject matter, but great entry! 
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Gordon, Ringer of Bells, Keeper of Postal Codes and Maps No One Can Re-fold Properly Posted Mar 9, 2003
Hey, pretty nice looking entry! 
Typo in the first paragraph: it should be "Earth's axis" as Earth is a proper noun and is the owner of the axis. 
Share and Enjoy! 
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Rho Posted Mar 9, 2003
Very good entry!
Here are my 
:
- Civilizations > Civilisations; characterize > characterise
- In "cooridoors and hallways", should "cooridoors" be "corridors"?
- "Signs of the Zodiac, Zodiac Sign Dates" might look better in bold.
Well done
RhoMuNuQ
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J Posted Mar 9, 2003
Good point, RhoMuNuQ. I'm American and was just waiting for the British to come and tell me which ones
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Rho Posted Mar 9, 2003
No problem!
I spotted a few more on rereading the entry:
- curiousity > curiosity
- conlusions > conclusions
- Halleys Comet > Halley's comet
- traveling > travelling
- comemorated > commemorated
RhoMuNuQ
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J Posted Mar 9, 2003
In retrospect, spell check would have been a good idea. I'll make the changes
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J Posted Mar 9, 2003
Oh, I didn't see anhaga and Z up there. Hi anhaga, I'll try to mention the crab nebula, I read all about it researching this. I can say something about the Mayan calendar I suppose
Well thanks, I'm gonna make the necessary changes as soon as I'm finished updating my posts
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Rho Posted Mar 9, 2003
Did you see Gordon as well?
RhoMuNuQ
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Mammuthus Primigenius Posted Mar 9, 2003
Lots of interesting information here. It does drift a bit from one thing to another, maybe worth restructuring it somehow...
You mention astrology in one of the headers, but don't really say anything about it. You could explain this with the other reasons you give for stargazing (religion, science, navigation etc).
But overall I like it
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J Posted Mar 9, 2003
Did I say astrology? I meant astronomy, which header is it?
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Mammuthus Primigenius Posted Mar 9, 2003
No.2: Early Astrology in Civilizations
It was astrology the babylonians etc were interested in, so it may be better to leave it.
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J Posted Mar 9, 2003
You're right. I was right, sort of. I'll go through it again and check for mistakes
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J Posted Mar 14, 2003
Anything else? Yes it's true that I'm just bumping this up in PR, but well, you know... whatever
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anhaga Posted Mar 14, 2003
thanks for putting the Crab Nebula in. BTW, the nebula itself is also a remnant of the explosion. it's the expanding shell of gas, the shockwave front.
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J Posted Mar 14, 2003
I assume you like the Crab Nebula? I have a limited knowledge of it
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anhaga Posted Mar 14, 2003
No, it's just something that I discovered when I was a kid -- that the Chinese had witnessed the supernova that we now see as the crab nebula. It was neat when I was ten and it's still neat now. Actually, yes, I guess I do like the Crab Nebula. It's a story that hit me just at the right time and has stuck. You know that kind of story, I'm sure. Thanks for being patient with my childhood astronomy story.
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J Posted Mar 14, 2003
Yes, 
patient
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a
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Peer Review: A991938 - Ancient Astronomy- Archeoastronomy
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- 2: anhaga (Mar 9, 2003)
- 3: Z (Mar 9, 2003)
- 4: Gordon, Ringer of Bells, Keeper of Postal Codes and Maps No One Can Re-fold Properly (Mar 9, 2003)
- 5: Rho (Mar 9, 2003)
- 6: J (Mar 9, 2003)
- 7: Rho (Mar 9, 2003)
- 8: J (Mar 9, 2003)
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- 10: Rho (Mar 9, 2003)
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- 12: Mammuthus Primigenius (Mar 9, 2003)
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