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| The Moon's nodes move westwards along the ecliptic because of regression. The Moon moves eastwards with respect to the fixed stars. As a result: |
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the nodical month is shorter than the
sidereal month |
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| The Moon's major standstills occur when the ascending node is at the |
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feature of Stonehenge is recognized as
genuine by virtually everyone |
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the center-Heel Stone alignment towards
midsummer (i.e., summer solstice) sunrise |
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| Newgrange's alignment together with the finding of human remains inside suggests a connection between |
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| winter solstice, death, and rebirth |
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| The Inca calendar had the beginning of the year tied to the |
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| heliacal rising of the Pleiades |
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| The Coricancha in Cuzco had symbolism pertaining to |
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| the Sun, Moon, Venus, the Pleiades, and other star groups |
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The ceque system in Cuzco had 328 huacas
(shrines), which is the same number as the number of days in twelve sidereal months.It is also less than the length of the year by 37 days, which is |
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the approximate length of time the Pleiades cluster is invisible near the
Sun |
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| The four stone columns on the mountain west of Cuzco were used to mark the direction of |
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sunset on the day of the Sun's antizenith passage in August, the time for
planting |
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| greatest elongation (east or west)is? |
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| aspect or configuration when an inferior planet is farthest from the Sun in the sky |
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A superior planet is in retrograde motion
around this time |
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Successive heliacal risings of Venus take
place at intervals of |
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Mayan calendar system using a "year"
of 260 days |
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We know that the Maya knew the relation
between the sacred year and the synodic period of Venus because of a table in the |
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The Mayan deity Kukulcan was associated
with this planet, whose heliacal rising was considered a time of great danger |
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The Hopi Soyal ceremony occurs around the
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