Saturday, April 2, 2011

March 30, 240 B.C.: Comet Cometh to Cathay

240 B.C. Chinese astronomers observe a new broom-shaped “star” in the sky. It’s the first confirmed sighting of Halley’s Comet.
Some have made the case that a sighting in the third millennium B.C. is responsible for the alignment of the Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza. Interesting. Even a supposed Chinese sighting in 613 B.C. would [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/03/0330ancient-chinese-see-halleys-comet/

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