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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2021-08-11 07:24:43 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 69154 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> Yu2 xi3 --> Yu2 Xi3 Dates based on Chinese Wp article: 虞喜（約270年－345年），.... I'm not sure that it's correct to say he "determined" the precession, but anyway Wp says he "discovered" it: 是中國最早發現歲差的人. "precession of the equinoxes" is apparently considered a dated term, now more properly referred to as axial precession. ( See the first paragraph of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial_precession ) |
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- 虞喜 虞喜 [Yu2 xi3] /Chinese astronomer (281-356) famous for determining the precession of the equinoxes/ + 虞喜 虞喜 [Yu2 Xi3] /Yu Xi, Chinese astronomer (c. 270-345), known for discovering the earth's precession/ |