Babylonian astronomers systematically observed and recorded the movements of Saturn.
Nevertheless, prior studies addressing the problem of planetary positions are known going back perhaps 3,000 or more years, as early as the Babylonian astronomers.
Babylonian astronomers discover 18.6-year cycle in the rising and setting of the Moon.
The earliest trigonometry, used by the Babylonian astronomers and their Greek successors, was based on chords of a circle.
The Babylonian astronomers viewed the Universe as a flat disk floating in the ocean.
He was a Babylonian astronomer a century after Aristarchus.
Babylonian astronomers hit upon an improvement.
Babylonian astronomers observed that eighteen years, eleven days, and eight hours after an eclipse a nearly identical eclipse will occur.
During the 8th and 7th centuries BC, Babylonian astronomers developed a new approach to astronomy.
The Babylonian astronomers were very adept at mathematics and could predict eclipses and solstices.