File:Equinox path.png
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Path of the point of vernal equinox along the ecliptic over a 6000 year period. The tradition of take the point of vernal equinox as defining the "sign of Aries" dates to Babylonian astrology, ca. 600 BC. It is apparent in this image that the main star of Aries, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:List_of_stars_in_Aries" class="extiw" title="w:en:List of stars in Aries">Hamal</a>, was closest to the point of vernal equinox in ca. the 7th century BC.
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| current | 08:31, 3 January 2017 | | 638 × 373 (25 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Path of the point of vernal equinox along the ecliptic over a 6000 year period. The tradition of take the point of vernal equinox as defining the "sign of Aries" dates to Babylonian astrology, ca. 600 BC. It is apparent in this image that the main star of Aries, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:List_of_stars_in_Aries" class="extiw" title="w:en:List of stars in Aries">Hamal</a>, was closest to the point of vernal equinox in ca. the 7th century BC. |
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