* Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, T. Chowdaiah Road, High Grounds, Bengaluru-560001, Email: shylaja.jnp@gmail.com A workshop on ‘Importance of Eclipses in the History of Astronomy’ was held on March 3, 2018, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru. As is well known, one of the challenges of the astronomers of yester years faced was the prediction of eclipses. It began with the systematic observations and the recognition of periodicities. Thus we find a wealth of records from many observatories all over the world. This workshop was aimed at the contribution of these records towards the study of long period variations in the orbital parameters of the earth and the moon.

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新闻：日食在天文学史上的重要性研讨会

* Jawaharlal Nehru天文馆，T. Chowdaiah Road，High Grounds，班加罗尔560001，电子邮件：shylaja.jnp@gmail.com 2018年3月3日在Jawaharlal举办了关于``日食在天文学史上的重要性''的讲习班班加罗尔尼赫鲁天文馆。众所周知，过去几年的天文学家面临的挑战之一是日食的预测。它始于系统的观察和对周期性的认识。因此，我们从世界各地的许多天文台找到了大量的记录。这次研讨会的目的是为这些记录对研究地球和月球轨道参数的长期变化做出贡献。