Possible stellar asterisms carved on a protohistoric stone     

Paolo Molaro  Federico Bernardini 《Astronomische Nachrichten》2023,344(10):e20220108

Chisel marks on a stone uncovered in Rupinpiccolo protohistoric hill fort from north-eastern Italy were suggested to be a representation of the night sky (Bernardini et al. 2022 Documenta Praehistorica XLIX). The patterns of the 29 marks are analyzed here to establish if they reproduce popular stellar asterisms. Nine marks are found to match the Tail of Scorpius and five the Orion's Belt, together with Rigel and Betelgeuse. Nine marks are found in the approximate position of the Pleiades showing some match with the cluster members. On the back side, 5 marks possibly reproduce Cassiopeia. One mark slightly North of Orion cannot be identified. The 28 marks show a Pearson correlation coefficient $$(28) with stellar positions higher than 0.99 with a probability $$ of a wrong correlation lower than 0.001. Departures are about one degree, or about 7 mm, as the mean diameter of the marks, which suggests a manufacturing limitation in the charting. The fort dates $$1800–400 BCE when Scorpius and Orion showed about the same orientation at the heliacal rising. The unidentified mark challenges the whole picture. We suggest it could have been the progenitor of a failed supernova, thus offering also the possibility of a verification.  相似文献   

旅游地质新发现--黄果树石林     

王尚彦  戴传固  张惠  王天华 《贵州地质》2003,20(1):2-4

在黄果树瀑布北约2km处，新发现一片长1－1．5km，宽0．5－0．8km的石林，命名为黄果树石林。贵黄高等级公路通过该石林南侧，交通方便。黄果树石林可作为黄果树景区风景点之一而共同开发。黄果树石林由早三叠世（距今2．4亿年前）浅海中沉积形成的安顺组白云岩组成。形成石林的岩层为厚层块状，发育东西向节理，也有南北向和其它方向的节理，且这套厚层岩石上下均为薄－中厚层状岩石。喜山运动以来的差异风化和溶蚀作用逐渐形成了黄果树石林。  相似文献   

雨花台砾石层内含辉木砾石的发现及其意义   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

李立文 《江苏地质》1999,23(3):151-155

通过雨花台砾石层内含辉木雨花石的发现,分析了其重要的科研意义和实用价值。指出对雨花石、辉木化石和树蕨三者的深入研究,将有助于全面探讨古长江流域的发育史,进一步弄清地层进代、研究古生侯和古环境  相似文献