On the Totality of the Eclipse in AD 628 in the Nihongi

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Feb 2004

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.56, No.1, pp. 215-224

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

6

Eclipses, Histories And Philosophy Of Astronomy, Occultations

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It is widely accepted that the solar eclipse on AD 628 April 10 (the reign of Empress Suiko, 36th year, 3rd month, 2nd day) recorded in the Nihongi (****) was not total, but partial at the site of observation, though it is written as an exhausted eclipse. A contemporary Japanese occultation observation on AD 681 November 3 is also suspected as being a missing of Mars in the glaring light of the Moon. We suggest in this paper that both records in the Nihongi may be true. Several reasonings are put forward. We then point out the possibility that the value of ΔT at around AD 600 is about 2000s which is far less than 4500s, the value adopted by Stephenson (1997, Historical Eclipses and Earth's Rotation). Lunar grazing occultation data are found to be very useful.

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