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Since the beginning of the Space Age,
cosmologists and geophysicists have made great strides
in modelling the electromagnetic environment of the
earth in response to the solar wind and other
external features impinging on the earth, such as Near-Earth
Objects (NEOs) and, far less frequently, cometary
intruders into the inner solar system.
Our purpose is to consider how knowledge
of this kind might aid our understanding of traditional
ideas about cosmology and the recent history of
the earth, as documented in the history of astronomy,
cultural astronomy, archaeoastronomy and certain classes
of mythology and ancient ritual.
Aurorae, the zodiacal light and various
transient atmospheric events have been recorded throughout
history.
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