"The whole moon was eaten": Southeast Asian eclipse calculation.

From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: September 1, 1998| Author: Eade, J.C.; Gislen, Lars | Copyright information

We here consider the procedures the Thai used to determine eclipses. We know (from a close analysis of the inscriptions) that their day-to-day calculations were accurate. But the procedures for calculating an eclipse required much more expertise. Our analysis indicates that the Thai system of predicting an eclipse was fully equal to meeting these more stringent demands.

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