Bournemouth University's Fabio Silva shared his research on Stonehenge's 18.6-year lunar standstill cycle. The four station stones form a rectangle that aligns to different moon positions during this major standstill. Silva tested these alignments in the modern era, and 2024 marked the peak of this significant lunar cycle. The Skyscape Academy continues advancing our understanding of prehistoric astronomy 🌙🪨
Archaeoastronomer Fabio Silva presents Stonehenge lunar standstill research
EnglandArchaeoastronomy
Key facts
- Fabio Silva runs the Skyscape Academy at Bournemouth University
- He researches the 18.6-year lunar standstill cycle at Stonehenge
- The four station stones at Stonehenge form a rectangle that aligns to different moon cycles
- This year marked the peak of the major lunar standstill
- Silva tested how these alignments work in the modern era
- He was editor-in-chief of the Skyscape academic journal
- Hugh Newman attended Silva's 13-15 month archaeoastronomy course
- The conference marks 19 years since Newman and Mason first witnessed this lunar phenomenon at Kalanise after the first Megalithomania
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