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Babylonians used Geometry to Track Jupiter’s Movements

Babylonians used Geometry to Track Jupiter’s Movements - Astronomers discovered how to calculate Jupiter’s position with geometry between 350 and 50 BC, 1400 years before the Europeans did.

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