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Metonic cycle
Period of 235 lunations or about 19 years. devised by Meton, an Athenian astronomer (5th century B.C.) for the purpose of obtaining a period at the end of which the phases of the moon recur in the same order and on the same days as in the preceding cycle.
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Dictionary of Cartography INDEX:List of Terms: Terms beginning with "A", Page 1 |
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1 A: Page 1 of 1.
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