Associations to the word «Saros»

Wiktionary

SAROS, noun. (history) (Babylon) A period of 3600 years.
SAROS, noun. (astronomy) A period of 223 synodic months (approximately 18 years 11 days 8 hours), after which the relative positions of the earth, sun and moon recur, used to predict eclipses.

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