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August 17th 03, 10:19 AM
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Dec. 25, 3117 BC
John S wrote:
I read at the address below that on Dec. 25, 3117 BC a conjunction and eclipses of the Sun, Moon and Jupiter occured. see: http://www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi760.htm This seems to me to be fairly speculative. How can this assertion be verified? From which locations would this event have been viewed? Looking forward to your comments. Just plugging it into SkyMap makes it appear that the apparent diameter of the Sun would have been a couple minutes larger than the moon, and the greatest eclipse wasn't even full annular--but occurred at the South Pole, on the 24th. How accurate is this 5000 years ago? Mr. Eclipse only goes back to 2000BC http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html Earlier in the day, the moon would have eclipsed Jupiter, four degrees from the Sun, but only for locations that would not then see a solar eclipse of any sort. -- RM Mentock A man can't be a slave to his fears. Peekaboo! 
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August 17th 03, 11:05 AM
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Dec. 25, 3117 BC
Hi RM,
See my comments below "RM Mentock" wrote in message ... John S wrote: I read at the address below that on Dec. 25, 3117 BC a conjunction and eclipses of the Sun, Moon and Jupiter occured. see: http://www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi760.htm This seems to me to be fairly speculative. How can this assertion be verified? From which locations would this event have been viewed? Looking forward to your comments. Just plugging it into SkyMap makes it appear that the apparent diameter of the Sun would have been a couple minutes larger than the moon, and the greatest eclipse wasn't even full annular--but occurred at the South Pole, on the 24th. How accurate is this 5000 years ago? Did you use Skymap Lite? I've tried to use Starry Sky Backyard but it only goes back to 1888 B.C. I notice Skymap Lite only goes back to 2000 B.C. as far as solar and lunar eclipses are concerned. Mr. Eclipse only goes back to 2000BC http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html Earlier in the day, the moon would have eclipsed Jupiter, four degrees from the Sun, but only for locations that would not then see a solar eclipse of any sort. -- RM Mentock A man can't be a slave to his fears. Peekaboo!
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August 17th 03, 02:04 PM
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Dec. 25, 3117 BC
John S wrote:
Did you use Skymap Lite? I've tried to use Starry Sky Backyard but it only goes back to 1888 B.C. I notice Skymap Lite only goes back to 2000 B.C. as far as solar and lunar eclipses are concerned. Skymap Pro v7 demo I think -- RM Mentock A man can't be a slave to his fears. Peekaboo!
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August 18th 03, 11:12 PM
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Dec. 25, 3117 BC
"RM Mentock" wrote in message
... John S wrote: Did you use Skymap Lite? I've tried to use Starry Sky Backyard but it only goes back to 1888 B.C. I notice Skymap Lite only goes back to 2000 B.C. as far as solar and lunar eclipses are concerned. Skymap Pro v7 demo I think -- RM Mentock A man can't be a slave to his fears. Peekaboo! Thanks RM. The amount of speculative material of this sort that exists on the Net is amazing.
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