Four royal coronations occurred within days of a meteor shower associated with Halley’s Comet, which hints the Maya tracked the celestial event.
Did the Mayans record novas and comets? … Comparing dates of known historic novas and comets with [20] Mayan dates, [a researcher] found no acceptable correlation. Nevertheless, [the researcher] believes that the Mayans probably did record such events and that a record will eventually be found.Solid evidence that ancient Maya people marked dying stars or passing comets continues to elude archaeologists. Several early codices and stones may have recorded hieroglyphs that together mean “comet.
In 2017, an analysis of Maya records and astronomical data hinted that the Maya indirectly marked at least one comet by . Between the years 250 and 909, six royal coronations happened within days of the annual Eta Aquariid meteor shower, researchers found, which occurs when Earth passes through the tail of Halley’s comet.
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