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What did ancient Chinese astronomers make?

star maps 

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what did star maps do?

show the sky at a specific time

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Who was Shen Kuo?

A polymath Chinese scientist

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What book records the earliest known solar eclipse?

the Book of Documents 

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What number do the Chinese divide the sky into?

28 regions

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What was the name of the earliest recorded supernova?

RCW 86
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What comet is recorded in the Spring and Autumn Annals?

Comet Halley

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when year do the Chinese first determine the spring equinox

1100 BC

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What was the name of the supernova noted in 1054?

the crab nebula or messier 1 

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What did Shen Kuo argue in his Dream Pool Essays? 

he argued for spherical celestial bodies
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why were certain celestial events important to ancient China?

help predict the rise and fall of dynasties

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Why did astronomers create calendars?

used to decide when to plant crops

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Why do modern-day astronomers use ancient Chinese records
to predict phenomena related to those of the distant past
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What was Gan De's recorded observation?

sunspots

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what year did the Chinese make the earliest known record of a meteor shower?

687

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What book made the earliest known dated record of sunspots

the Book of Han