racking and recording the motion of the sun, the moon, and the planets

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Ancient Babylonian Astronomers Surprising Math Leap
A set of ancient Babylonian tablets that describe how to track planets
tablet written in Babylonia's cuneiform script the Solar System's Largest Planet and long standing. Now, new evidence reported on p. 482 reveals that these astronomers, working several centuries B.C.E
racking and recording the motion of the sun, the moon, and the planets
see also astronomical technique 1500 years before B.C.E

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