History of the constellations
Babylonian astronomy
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Atherant
Babylonian astronomers developed methods for predicting the rising and setting of planets and length of daylight. The used water clocks, gnomon, shadows and intercalculations.
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tjared
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Babylonian planetary models relied on empirical data, unlike the speculative Hellenistic models which followed.
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