Archaeoastronomy in East Asia:  Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea
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List of Figures and Table

Figure 1.1. An account from Shiji, “Basic Annals of First Emperor of Qin,” reporting the appearance of Comet Halley in 240 BC.

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Figure 1.2. Korean sketch of the comet of 28 October 1664.

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Figure 1.3. Japanese chart of the comet of 1742.

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Figure 2.1. Duke Zhuang of Lu’s meteor shower.

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Figure 2.2. Korean record of the Leonid meteor shower of 24 October 1533 from a moveable type edition of the Veritable Annals of the Joseon Dynasty.

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Table 1. Identifications of historical meteor showers made to date.

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