draconitic — dracoˈnitic, a. Astron. = dracontic. In recent Dicts … Useful english dictionary
draconitic month — noun the interval between the moons successive passing of the same moving node … Wiktionary
Exact sciences (The) in Hellenistic times: texts and issues — The exact sciences in Hellenistic times: Texts and issues1 Alan C.Bowen Modern scholars often rely on the history of Greco Latin science2 as a backdrop and support for interpreting past philosophical thought. Their warrant is the practice… … History of philosophy
Hipparchus — (Greek polytonic|Ἵππαρχος; ca. 190 BC ndash; ca. 120 BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician of the Hellenistic period.Hipparchus was born in Nicaea (now Iznik, Turkey), and probably died on the island of Rhodes. He is known to… … Wikipedia
Month — For the Egyptian hawk god, see Monthu. A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept… … Wikipedia
Year — A year (from Old English gēar) is the orbital period of the Earth moving around the Sun. For an observer on Earth, this corresponds to the period it takes the Sun to complete one course throughout the zodiac along the ecliptic. In astronomy, the… … Wikipedia
Orbital period — For the music album, see Orbital Period (album). The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object. When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period … Wikipedia
Dennis Rawlins — Born 1937 (age 73–74) Baltimore, Maryland, United States Nationality American Occupation Astronomer, Historian, Publisher Dennis Rawlins (born 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American astronomer, historian, and publisher … Wikipedia
Inex — The inex is an eclipse cycle of about 29 years. The cycle was first described by Crommelin in 1901, but was named by George van den Bergh who studied it half a century later.An inex is 358 lunations (synodic months) long: this is almost exactly… … Wikipedia
Lunar node — Dragon s Tail redirects here. For the Dragon s Tail stretch of road in North Carolina, see Deals Gap, North Carolina. The lunar nodes are the points where the moon s path in the sky crosses the ecliptic, the sun s path in the sky The lunar nodes… … Wikipedia
