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The Total Solar Eclipse of June 25, A.D. 1275 and the ΔT Value Cover

The Total Solar Eclipse of June 25, A.D. 1275 and the ΔT Value

Artificial Satellites
Volume 60 (2025): Issue 3 (October 2025)
By: Lihua Ma and  Zhiqiang Yin  
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|Oct 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

The solar eclipse path on June 25, A.D. 1275 (with the TDT time system)
The solar eclipse path on June 25, A.D. 1275 (with the TDT time system)

Figure 2.

Diagram of the position of the total eclipse and Jinling position
Diagram of the position of the total eclipse and Jinling position

Figure A1.

Total solar eclipse observation records written with Chinese characters from “Astronomy V” of the History of Song
Total solar eclipse observation records written with Chinese characters from “Astronomy V” of the History of Song

Figure A2.

Total solar eclipse observation records written with Chinese characters from “Wuxing V” of the History of Song
Total solar eclipse observation records written with Chinese characters from “Wuxing V” of the History of Song

Figure A3.

Total solar eclipse observation records written with Chinese characters from the Zhizheng Jinling New Prefecture Annals
Total solar eclipse observation records written with Chinese characters from the Zhizheng Jinling New Prefecture Annals

The TDT time of every stage of the solar eclipse on June 25, A_D_ 1275 (with TDT time system)

StageTDT time (hh:mm:ss)Local time at Jinling (hh:mm:ss)
1st contact00:22:4008:17:56
2nd contact01:18:0509:13:21
Maximum eclipse02:59:5510:55:11
3rd contact04:41:4412:37:00
4th contact05:37:0713:32:23
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arsa-2025-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2083-6104 | Journal ISSN: 1509-3859
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Language: English
Page range: 109 - 120
Submitted on: Jul 10, 2024
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Accepted on: Sep 26, 2025
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Published on: Oct 6, 2025
Published by: Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Chinese historical documents,
solar eclipse observations,
the Earth’s variable rotation,
the ΔT value
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other

© 2025 Lihua Ma, Zhiqiang Yin, published by Polish Academy of Sciences, Space Research Centre
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