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Evidence of Minoan astronomy and calendrical practices
Marianna Ridderstad
In Minoan art, symbols for celestial objects were depicted frequently and often in a religious context. The most common were various solar and stellar symbols. The palace of Knosso…
Orientation of the northern gate of the Goseck Neolithic rondel
Marianna Ridderstad
The two southernmost gates of the Goseck rondel, built by the Stichbandkeramik culture around 4800 BCE, were oriented to the winter solstice sunrise and sunset. The northern gate o…
Orientations of the Giant's Churches in Ostrobothnia, Finland
Marianna Ridderstad, Jari Okkonen
The orientations of 23 Giant's Churches, dating from 2500-2000 BCE, located in Ostrobothnia, Finland, have been measured. Many of them are found to have orientations to the risings…
Properties of dust in the high-latitude translucent cloud L1780 I: Spatially distinct dust populations and increased dust emissivity from ISO observations
M. Ridderstad, M. Juvela, K. Lehtinen +2
We have analyzed the properties of dust in the high galactic latitude translucent cloud Lynds 1780 using ISOPHOT maps at 100 and 200 micrometers and raster scans at 60, 80, 100, 12…