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Detailed explanation-1: -Neo-Babylonian astronomy. Neo-Babylonian astronomy refers to the astronomy developed by Chaldean astronomers during the Neo-Babylonian, Achaemenid, Seleucid, and Parthian periods of Mesopotamian history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Babylon was also a center of science. Like earlier people in Mesopotamia, the Chaldeans believed that changes in the sky revealed the plans of the gods. Their astronomers (uh•STRAH•nuh•muhrs)-peo-ple who study the heavenly bodies-mapped the stars, the planets, and the phases of the moon.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Babylonians used advanced mathematical skills to follow heavenly movements. Using geometry, they could calculate how far Jupiter (shown here with its moon Ganymede) moved across the night sky.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first documented records of systematic astronomical observations date back to the Assyro-Babylonians around 1000 BCE. From this cradle of civilisation in Mesopotamia – in the southern part of present-day Iraq – astronomers had built up knowledge of the celestial bodies and recorded their periodic motions.