Chinese
Ancient Astronomers
Chinese night sky
Comets as Described by the Chinese
Chinese Astronomy Coin
Questions
Please answer the following questions in COMPLETE sentences. Include the question for clarification.
- What were some of the purposes of Chinese astronomy?
- What were some of the differences between Indo-European astronomy and Chinese astronomy?
- How did the Chinese plot their constellations? How did this differ from the Western cultures?
- What are some of the earliest recordings of Chinese astronomy? What sorts of things did theses writings include?
- Who were some of the Chinese astronomers? What were their contributions?
- Describe how the Chinese developed their calendar.
- What kinds of phenomena did the Chinese astronomers record?
- What tools did they develop to help them?
- What other interesting information did you learn? What questions do you still have?