A 2,700-Year-Old Chinese Eclipse Record Is Helping Scientists Reconstruct the Earth's Rotation
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An ancient eclipse, an eight-kilometre error, and a surprising discovery about Earth's past. On July 17, 709 BCE, the Sun vanished over an ancient …
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