Hayakawa Hisashi, Mitsuma Yasuyuki, Ebihara Yusuke, Kawamura Akito Davis, Miyahara Hiroko, Tamazawa Harufumi, Isobe Hiroaki
Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Earth Planets Space. 2016;68(1):195. doi: 10.1186/s40623-016-0571-5. Epub 2016 Nov 29.
The astronomical diaries from Babylonia (ADB) are excellent sources of information of natural phenomena, including astronomical ones, in pre-Christ era because it contains the record of highly continuous and systematic observations. In this article, we present results of a survey of aurora-like phenomena in ADB, spanning from BCE 652 to BCE 61. We have found nine records of aurora-like phenomena. Philological and scientific examinations suggest that five of them can be considered as likely candidate for aurora observations. They provide unique information about the solar and aurora activities in the first millennium BCE. Graphical abstract.
巴比伦天文日记（ADB）是基督纪元前自然现象（包括天文现象）信息的绝佳来源，因为它包含了高度连续且系统的观测记录。在本文中，我们展示了对ADB中类极光现象的调查结果，时间跨度从公元前652年到公元前61年。我们发现了九条类极光现象的记录。文献学和科学检验表明，其中五条可被视为极光观测的可能候选记录。它们提供了关于公元前一千年太阳和极光活动的独特信息。图形摘要。
