In a collection of research papers devoted to the problem of solar variability and its origin in planetary beat, it is demonstrated that the forcing function originates from gravitational and inertial effects on the Sun from the planets and their satellites. This conclusion is shared by nineteen co-authors.
Abstract. To get accurate knowledge about the longitudinal motion of the Moon we must use the oldest preserved interpretable depictions and texts from the ancient cultures. 33 ancient total or almost total solar eclipses, back to 3653 BC, have been used to determine the lunar sidereal secular acceleration in longitude, -30.128 ±0.0035 arcseconds/(century) 2 ("/cy 2 ). The lunar secular acceleration, from the Lunar Laser Range (LLR) measurements, -25.856 ±0.003 "/cy 2 , must be corrected for the relativistic effect, -3.604 "/cy 2 , in the Earth-Moon inertial system, to get the lunar sidereal secular acceleration, -29.460 "/cy 2 , corrected for General Relativity. The difference between this value and the new calibration, -0.668 ±0.0046 "/cy 2 , may be interpreted as the cosmological acceleration by Dvali et al. in a Modified Theory of gravity. This value is equivalent to a Mass of the Graviton = 1.306 ±0.009 x 10 -56 grams and there is no need for the hypothetical Dark Energy.
A golden object found in southern Sweden 170 years ago is found, in fact, to be an ancient calendar. The golden object is ornamented with 12 sun-symbols and 12 moon-symbols; i.e. a combined picture of the annual movements of the Sun and the Moon through the sky. It is divided into 6 wedges by spoke structures. This is a representation of the Sumerian sexagesimal system. Similar images are present in rock-carvings in Sweden, and on a stone tablet from the ancient temple in Sippar in Mesopotamia. This gives evidence of a remarkably advanced knowledge in astronomy and a wide distribution of this knowledge from Mesopotamia all the way up to Scandinavia.
Abstract. The Antikythera Mechanism is the most sophisticated extant ancient astronomical instrument and analogue computer known and was assembled sometime between 150 and 100 BCE, almost a century after the death of Archimedes. The mechanism has a great educational potential as it appeals to inquiring minds as an astonishing artefact of science and technology. The latest research findings reveal significant cultural and social functions in its operations. This astonishing astronomical instrument has a clear interdisciplinary valueand it has that it may be used as an educational medium, to engage the general public, and especially to attract students both to/from exact sciences and to/from the humanities. The astronomical and technical knowledge embedded in the mechanism can also be used to introduce some aspects of modern science through the unknown technological achievements of Hellenic antiquity.
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