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Appulses of Jupiter and Saturn
Joachim Gripp, Emil Khalisi
The latest conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurred at an optical distance of 6 arc minutes on 21 December 2020. We re-analysed all encounters of these two planets between -1000…
Did a Series of Solar Eclipses Inspire the Nazca Lines?
Emil Khalisi
The mysterious lines in the desert of Nazca in southern Peru received many attempts at an explanation. We discuss the possibility that their origin is based on solar eclipses which…
Joshua's Total Solar Eclipse at Gibeon
Emil Khalisi
We reanalyse the solar eclipse linked to the Biblical passage about the military leader Joshua who ordered the sun to halt in the midst of the day (Joshua 10:12). Although there is…
On the Erroneous Correlation between Earthquakes and Eclipses
Emil Khalisi
A long-lasting belief is that the gravitational stress by the moon would be responsible for earthquakes because of causing a tidal deformation of Earth's crust. Even worse, earthqu…
Clusters of Solar Eclipses in the Maori Era
Emil Khalisi
A dozen of high-magnitude solar eclipses accumulated near New Zealand in the 15th century AD when the Maori inhabited the two main islands. Taking today's capital Wellington as the…
Eclipses in the Aztec Codices
Emil Khalisi
This paper centers on the collection of accounts on solar eclipses from the era of the Aztecs in Mesoamerica, about 1300 to 1550 AD. We present a list of all eclipse events complyi…