Celestial / Comet

296BC^{± 1y}

Event #170: Broom Star, China

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Geographical sites:

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Citations:

Text #222

Yeomans. Comets
[p. 363]

296 BC; China. A broom star comet was seen. Ho, (18).

Text #9138

Kronk. Cometography: A Catalog of Comets. Series: Cometography. Vol. 1
[p. 512]

-295 The Chinese text Shih Chi (-90) contains the only ancient account of this comet. It says a “broom star” was seen sometime during -295.

Text #5906

Pankenier & Xu & Jiang. Archaeoastronomy in East Asia
[p. 14]

BC 296 [China]

11th year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin of the Warring States; a broom star appeared.

Sources: Ho (18), [Shiji:Qin benji] ch. 5; [Shiji: liu guo nian biao] ch. 15

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