Celestial Stability
Very High Level 0Fact
Sun, moon, and stars have moved according to natural laws without supernatural interference since creation
Evidence
Required assumption for any historical calendar verification
If God stopped the sun (Joshua 10) and moved the shadow back (Isaiah 38), calculations would be invalid
However, these events are explicitly recorded as miraculous exceptions
The 5,000+ years of verified astronomical retrocalculations prove celestial stability
Ancient eclipses carved in stone match modern software predictions
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This is a foundational assumption that allows us to use astronomical software to test historical calendar claims. The fact that ancient eclipses match modern predictions proves that celestial mechanics have been stable.