East Asian astronomical chronicles
E453407
East Asian astronomical chronicles are historical records from countries like China, Korea, and Japan that systematically documented celestial phenomena such as comets, eclipses, and novae over many centuries.
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical chronicle
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historical record corpus ⓘ primary historical source ⓘ |
| basedOn |
court chronicles
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local gazetteers ⓘ observatory logs ⓘ official dynastic histories ⓘ |
| compiledBy |
court astronomers
ⓘ
imperial observatories ⓘ state historiographers ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| dataCharacteristic |
date-stamped
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long-term continuous ⓘ naked-eye observations ⓘ systematic ⓘ |
| document |
aurorae
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comets ⓘ guest stars ⓘ halos and atmospheric optical phenomena ⓘ lunar eclipses ⓘ meteor showers ⓘ meteors ⓘ novae ⓘ planetary conjunctions ⓘ solar eclipses ⓘ sunspots ⓘ supernovae ⓘ |
| field |
astronomy
ⓘ
astrophysics (historical data) ⓘ history of science ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chinese astronomical records
ⓘ
Japanese astronomical records ⓘ Korean astronomical records ⓘ Vietnamese astronomical records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Classical Chinese
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Classical Japanese ⓘ Classical Korean ⓘ |
| notableExample |
Chinese dynastic histories (Twenty-Four Histories)
NERFINISHED
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Japanese Nihon Shoki NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese court diaries with celestial records ⓘ Korean Annals of the Joseon Dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
astrological interpretation
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calendar regulation ⓘ omen recording for state affairs ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| timeSpan | over two millennia ⓘ |
| usedBy |
comet dynamicists
ⓘ
cosmic-ray researchers ⓘ modern historians of astronomy ⓘ solar physicists ⓘ |
| usedIn |
astrophysical research
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chronology studies ⓘ comet orbit reconstruction ⓘ eclipse path reconstruction ⓘ historical astronomy ⓘ solar activity reconstruction ⓘ supernova remnant identification ⓘ |
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