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- adjective astronomy Based upon a common
multiple of theyear and themonth
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The complicated meshing of the gears is a physical representation of the so-called Callippic and saros astronomical cycles.
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The complicated meshing of the gears is a physical representation of the so-called Callippic and saros astronomical cycles.
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In the Callippic cycle, for example, the sun, moon and Earth return to the same relative orientations four times in 76 years minus one day.
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In the Callippic cycle, for example, the sun, moon and Earth return to the same relative orientations four times in 76 years minus one day.
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Callippic cycle, as well as the names of other games in ancient Greece, and probably used to track dates of the ancient Olympic games.
MAKE Magazine 2009
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