Comets, novas and the Mayans — Science Information, June 30, 1973
Did the Mayans report novas and comets? … Evaluating dates of identified historical novas and comets with [20] Mayan dates, [a researcher] discovered no applicable correlation. However, [the researcher] believes that the Mayans most certainly did report such occasions and {that a} report will in the end be discovered.
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Forged proof that historic Maya folks marked demise stars or passing comets continues to elude archaeologists. A number of early codices and stones will have recorded hieroglyphs that in combination imply “comet.” However Spanish conquistadores destroyed most of the originals, and simplest copies made smartly after the Maya empire’s cave in obviously depict comets.
In 2017, an research of Maya data and astronomical information hinted that the Maya not directly marked no less than one comet via predicting when meteor showers would dazzle the sky. Between the years 250 and 909, six royal coronations came about inside days of the yearly Eta Aquariid meteor bathe, researchers discovered, which happens when Earth passes throughout the tail of Halley’s comet.