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Connection Between the Comet 1P/Halley Appearance in 760 AD and the Dinoyo Inscription (Preliminary Result)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2024

Ide Nada Imandiharja Open the ORCID record for Ide Nada Imandiharja [Opens in a new window]  and
Mochamad Ikbal Arifyanto
Ide Nada Imandiharja*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia.
Mochamad Ikbal Arifyanto
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia.
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email: idenadaimandiharja@gmail.com
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Abstract

According to many historical records, 1P/Halley comet was reported to appear in 760 AD. In the same year in Indonesia, the Dinoyo inscription told us the story of the Kanjuruhan kingdom which held a Vedic ceremony to purify a new shrine and statue of Agastya to repel enemy forces (or dispel the epidemic). Many traditions believe that the appearance of a comet is a sign of war, plague/epidemic, death, etc. By applying this understanding to the archaeoastronomical framework, the hypothesis is proposed, that the king’s order which was written on the inscription shows the response to the 1P/Halley comet appearance in 760 AD. There are three ways to examine the hypothesis: by testing the chronological, geographical, and cultural aspects. Through some literature studies and the Stellarium Astronomy Software simulation, the initial research found that the chronological and geographical aspects support the hypothesis.

Keywords

Dinoyo inscriptionKanjuruhan kingdom1P/Halley cometArchaeoastronomy
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 18 , Symposium S377: Early Disk-Galaxy Formation from JWST to the Milky Way , December 2022 , pp. 129 - 132
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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