{"slug": "chinese-astronomy", "label": "Chinese astronomy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_astronomy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268276", "qid": "Q1268276", "description": "Astronomy as practiced in historical China", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-363, 1072], "span_label": ["364 BCE", "1072 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "qi-state", "label": "Qi (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "song-dynasty", "label": "Song dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "halley-s-comet", "label": "Halley's Comet", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shen-kuo", "label": "Shen Kuo", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -363, "year_label": "364 BCE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "The Chinese astronomer Gan De from the State of Qi reportedly discovers the moon Ganymede, belonging to Jupiter, and makes the earliest known sunspot observations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354174238#China", "title": "364 BC", "revid": 1354174238, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": -11, "year_label": "12 BCE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Halley's Comet makes an appearance, as recorded by Chinese Astronomers for about 56 days. Written in the Annal of Han as \"In the first year of Yuan Yen (12 B.C.), in the Autumn the seventh month, on the day Sing Wei, a comet swept in Gemini, went through Pollux and Castor, and passed over Leo and Virgo. It was then behind the sun about six degrees, and appeared in the east earlier in the morning. After thirteen days the comet became an evening star shining in the west, whence it swept over Arcturus, moved slowly to Serpens, and reached Ophiuchus. After 56 days it disappeared in Scorpio.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372852966#Astronomy", "title": "12 BC", "revid": 1372852966, "section": "Events › By topic › Astronomy"}}, {"year": 185, "year_label": "185 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "A supernova now known as SN 185 is noted by Chinese astronomers in the Astrological Annals of the Houhanshu, making it the earliest recorded supernova.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371308362#Art_and_Science", "title": "AD 185", "revid": 1371308362, "section": "Events › By topic › Art and Science"}}, {"year": 910, "year_label": "910 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ma Yize, Muslim astronomer (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130820#Births", "title": "910", "revid": 1341130820, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1005, "year_label": "1005 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ma Yize, Muslim astronomer of the Song dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910116#Deaths", "title": "1005", "revid": 1341910116, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1072, "year_label": "1072 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Shen Kuo, Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman, is appointed as the head official for the Bureau of Astronomy – where he begins his work with the colleague Wei Pu on accurately plotting the orbital paths of the stars, planets, and moon three times a night for a continuum of five years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332932811#China", "title": "1072", "revid": 1332932811, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}]}