Han Astronomy and the Zhoubi Suanjing (c. 100 BCE)

100 BCE · Çin · cultural

Systematic astronomical observations were made in the Han period: catalogues of the night sky, lunar and solar eclipses, and the planets.

The Zhoubi Suanjing is an early Chinese synthesis of mathematics and astronomy and contains an independent statement of the Pythagorean theorem.

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What was Han Astronomy and the Zhoubi Suanjing (c. 100 BCE)?
Systematic astronomical observations were made in the Han period: catalogues of the night sky, lunar and solar eclipses, and the planets.
When did Han Astronomy and the Zhoubi Suanjing (c. 100 BCE) happen?
100 BCE
Where did Han Astronomy and the Zhoubi Suanjing (c. 100 BCE) take place?
Çin