The Nazca Frigatebird and Fomalhaut
History and Philosophy of Physics
2012-10-02 v1
Abstract
It seems that the Nazca Lines, ancient geoglyphs of a Peruvian dry pampa, had some astronomical orientations. Here we discuss a geoglyph representing a frigatebird and its orientation towards the setting of Fomalhaut, using freely available software.
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@article{arxiv.1210.0355,
title = {The Nazca Frigatebird and Fomalhaut},
author = {Amelia Carolina Sparavigna},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.0355},
year = {2012}
}
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Key-words: Geoglyphs, Nazca Lines, Orientation, Archaeoastronomy, Stellarium free planetarium software