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• 2137 BC, October 22- Chinese book 书经 records the earliest known solar eclipse on October 22.

• ca. 2000 BC - Chinese determine that Jupiter needs 12 years to complete one revolution of its orbit.

• ca. 1400 BC - Chinese record the regularity of solar and lunar eclipse|lunar eclipses and the earliest known solar variation日珥 and two novas (?????????????????????????????????,??????????????????).

• ca. 1200 BC - Chinese divide the sky into twenty eight regions 二十八宿 for recognitions of the stars.

• ca. 1100 BC - Chinese first determine the spring equinox 黄赤交角.

• 776 BC - Chinese make the earliest reliably record of solar eclipse.

• 613 BC, July - A Comet, possibly Comet Halley, record in Spring and Autumn Annals(?????????????????????????????????).

• 532 BC - A nova was recorded in Records of the Grand Historian and Zuo Zhuan(????????????????????????????????????).

• 28 BC - Chinese history book 《汉书??五行志》 make earliest known record of sunspot.

• 687 - Chinese make earliest known record of meteor shower.

• 1054 - On July 4th, Chinese astronomers noted the appearance of a guest star, the supernova now called the Crab Nebula, Charles Messier|Messier's M1.

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