Astronomical Stability

Very High Level 1

Fact

Modern astronomical software can accurately retrocalculate celestial events back 5,000+ years

Evidence

• November 30, 3340 BCE - Loughcrew eclipse carved in stone, verified by software

• October 22, 2134 BCE - Chinese eclipse, earliest recorded in written history, matches calculations

• Venus Tablet of Ammisaduqa (~1700 BCE) - 21 years of Venus observations match modern software

• Saros cycle predictions from Babylon match modern calculations

• NASA JPL ephemerides validated against centuries of observations

• Stellarium, astronomical software, enables verification by anyone

Read in Context

• Verified Ancient Eclipses

  "Multiple ancient eclipses carved in stone or recorded in writing match modern calculations..."

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Required By

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This fact is foundational because it allows us to use astronomical software to test calendar claims against historical events. If celestial mechanics had been supernaturally altered, we couldn't trust these calculations.