The Sumerians recorded the positions of the stars and planets and develop a calendar for a couple of reasons. First they believed in a form of Astrology where local events could be predicted understanding the heavens. Also, it helped them tell the best time of the year to plant crops.
The Drake Equation was created by Dr. Frank Drake. It is used to test the probability of their being extra-terrestrial life. The equation is written as N = R x Fp x Ne x Fe x Fi x Fc x L. N is the number of civilizations in our galaxy where communication might be possible. R is the average rate formation per year in our galaxy. Fp is the fraction of those stars that have planets. Ne is the number of planets that can possibly support life. Fe is the fraction that can potentially develop life at some point. Fi is the fraction that can develop intelligent life. Fc is the fraction of civilizations that can develop technology that releases detectable signals into space. Finally, L is the length of time such civlizations release detectable signals into space.
Do you mean Jupiter, an op in "The Planets", composed by Gustav Holtz?
Gustav Holst
Digable Planets
Gustav Holst's most famous work is The Planets, which is a Suite in seven parts: one for each of the known planets (other than Earth) in Holst's time. Also popular for bands are his First Suite in Eb and Second Suite in F.
The Sumerians recorded the positions of the stars and planets and develop a calendar for a couple of reasons. First they believed in a form of Astrology where local events could be predicted understanding the heavens. Also, it helped them tell the best time of the year to plant crops.
this is what i got in my ''journey across time '' book sumerian people watched the skies to learn the best times to plant crops and to hold religious festivals . they recorded the positions of the planets and stars and developed a 12 mouth calendar based on the cycles of the moon
this is what i got in my ''journey across time '' book sumerian people watched the skies to learn the best times to plant crops and to hold religious festivals . they recorded the positions of the planets and stars and developed a 12 mouth calendar based on the cycles of the moon
A calendar of the planets' positions is called an Almanac or an Ephemeris.
this is what i got in my ''journey across time '' book sumerian people watched the skies to learn the best times to plant crops and to hold religious festivals . they recorded the positions of the planets and stars and developed a 12 mouth calendar based on the cycles of the moon
this is what i got in my ''journey across time '' book sumerian people watched the skies to learn the best times to plant crops and to hold religious festivals . they recorded the positions of the planets and stars and developed a 12 mouth calendar based on the cycles of the moon
They were curious about what they saw, and the techniques they developed led eventually to the development of science.
The Sumerians believed in astrology. They thought that events in daily life were affected by the positions of celestial bodies. We are glad they recorded those positions. We can calculate the exact dates of various events in their culture.
All the planets move constantly in their orbits around the Sun, so the apparent positions of the planets in the sky is also constantly changing. I recommend the Stellarium planetarium program.
The sumerians were the first to leave evidence that they were aware of other planets.
Only Uranus and Neptune were not known to the Sumerians, and required telescopes in order to be discovered.
Technically it CAN'T be aligned with the planets, because the planets' positions change all the time.