#quipu — Public Fediverse posts
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¿Sabían que el Imperio Inca, conocido de forma oficial como el Tawantinsuyu, logró administrar un territorio de más de 2000000 de kilómetros cuadrados sin utilizar un sistema de escritura alfabética ni poseer monedas comerciales?
La estructura estatal andina basó toda su contabilidad, censos poblacionales y registros históricos en el uso del quipu, un mecanismo de cuerdas de algodón o lana de camélidos con nudos de diferentes formas, tamaños y colores. El personal especializado en su interpretación, denominado quipucamayoc, codificaba mediante un sistema posicional de base 10 tanto las cantidades de alimentos guardadas en los depósitos reales como las crónicas de los gobernantes. En el plano económico, el comercio monetario se reemplazó por completo mediante la mita, un tributo obligatorio de mano de obra que los ciudadanos entregaban al Estado para la construcción de caminos, puentes y fortalezas a cambio de vestimenta, seguridad y comida. Esta organización del trabajo permitió edificar una red vial de 40000 kilómetros de extensión llamada Qhapaq Ñan, la cual comunicaba los actuales territorios de Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Chile y Argentina sin el auxilio de herramientas de hierro ni animales de tiro.
— A. Eldritch, Periodista, Locutor, podcaster y bloger del fediverso
Alt text via @altbot y @TeLoDescribot
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Cosmography alert 🚨
Peculiar velocities at low Galactic latitude
by Jeremy Mould and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19236
#Cosmology #Laniakea #galaxies #LaniakeaSupercluster #GreatAttractor #MeerKAT #WALLABY #radiotelescope #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmicflows #Cosmography #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news
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Cosmography alert 🚨
Peculiar velocities at low Galactic latitude
by Jeremy Mould and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19236
#Cosmology #Laniakea #galaxies #LaniakeaSupercluster #GreatAttractor #MeerKAT #WALLABY #radiotelescope #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmicflows #Cosmography #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news
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Cosmography alert 🚨
Peculiar velocities at low Galactic latitude
by Jeremy Mould and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19236
#Cosmology #Laniakea #galaxies #LaniakeaSupercluster #GreatAttractor #MeerKAT #WALLABY #radiotelescope #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmicflows #Cosmography #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news
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Cosmography alert 🚨
Peculiar velocities at low Galactic latitude
by Jeremy Mould and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19236
#Cosmology #Laniakea #galaxies #LaniakeaSupercluster #GreatAttractor #MeerKAT #WALLABY #radiotelescope #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmicflows #Cosmography #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news
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Cosmography alert 🚨
Peculiar velocities at low Galactic latitude
by Jeremy Mould and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19236
#Cosmology #Laniakea #galaxies #LaniakeaSupercluster #GreatAttractor #MeerKAT #WALLABY #radiotelescope #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmicflows #Cosmography #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news
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Landscape khipu: A theory that thousands of holes dug into a hill in Peru are a sort of storage and accounting system similar to the knot tying accounting technology
https://newatlas.com/environment/5-200-holes-peruvian-mountain/
#via:hackernews #archaeology #khipu #quipu #peru #+ -
Landscape khipu: A theory that thousands of holes dug into a hill in Peru are a sort of storage and accounting system similar to the knot tying accounting technology
https://newatlas.com/environment/5-200-holes-peruvian-mountain/
#via:hackernews #archaeology #khipu #quipu #peru #+ -
Landscape khipu: A theory that thousands of holes dug into a hill in Peru are a sort of storage and accounting system similar to the knot tying accounting technology
https://newatlas.com/environment/5-200-holes-peruvian-mountain/
#via:hackernews #archaeology #khipu #quipu #peru #+ -
Landscape khipu: A theory that thousands of holes dug into a hill in Peru are a sort of storage and accounting system similar to the knot tying accounting technology
https://newatlas.com/environment/5-200-holes-peruvian-mountain/
#via:hackernews #archaeology #khipu #quipu #peru #+ -
Landscape khipu: A theory that thousands of holes dug into a hill in Peru are a sort of storage and accounting system similar to the knot tying accounting technology
https://newatlas.com/environment/5-200-holes-peruvian-mountain/
#via:hackernews #archaeology #khipu #quipu #peru #+ -
"Structures cosmiques : une famille de géantes"
I was yesterday on France Culture to talk about the discovery of the Quipu Supercluster and other large scale structures.
#Cosmology #Cosmography #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Laniakea #LaniakeaSupercluster #SouthPoleWall #SloanGreatWall #CosmicWeb #science #astrophysics #astronomy #astrodon #radio #podcast #FranceCulture #Radiofrance
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"Structures cosmiques : une famille de géantes"
I was yesterday on France Culture to talk about the discovery of the Quipu Supercluster and other large scale structures.
#Cosmology #Cosmography #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Laniakea #LaniakeaSupercluster #SouthPoleWall #SloanGreatWall #CosmicWeb #science #astrophysics #astronomy #astrodon #radio #podcast #FranceCulture #Radiofrance
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"Structures cosmiques : une famille de géantes"
I was yesterday on France Culture to talk about the discovery of the Quipu Supercluster and other large scale structures.
#Cosmology #Cosmography #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Laniakea #LaniakeaSupercluster #SouthPoleWall #SloanGreatWall #CosmicWeb #science #astrophysics #astronomy #astrodon #radio #podcast #FranceCulture #Radiofrance
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"Structures cosmiques : une famille de géantes"
I was yesterday on France Culture to talk about the discovery of the Quipu Supercluster and other large scale structures.
#Cosmology #Cosmography #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Laniakea #LaniakeaSupercluster #SouthPoleWall #SloanGreatWall #CosmicWeb #science #astrophysics #astronomy #astrodon #radio #podcast #FranceCulture #Radiofrance
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"Structures cosmiques : une famille de géantes"
I was yesterday on France Culture to talk about the discovery of the Quipu Supercluster and other large scale structures.
#Cosmology #Cosmography #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Laniakea #LaniakeaSupercluster #SouthPoleWall #SloanGreatWall #CosmicWeb #science #astrophysics #astronomy #astrodon #radio #podcast #FranceCulture #Radiofrance
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Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society...More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/human-hair-khipus-used-by-elites-and-commoners/
Follow @archaeology
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Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society...More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/human-hair-khipus-used-by-elites-and-commoners/
Follow @archaeology
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Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society...More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/human-hair-khipus-used-by-elites-and-commoners/
Follow @archaeology
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Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society...More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/human-hair-khipus-used-by-elites-and-commoners/
Follow @archaeology
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Human hair khipus reveal Inca record-keeping was used by both elites and commoners
A recently studied 500-year-old Inca khipu (Quipu) has overturned assumptions about who created these intricate thread-based documents. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that khipus—formerly thought to be the domain of high-level imperial officials—were also made by non-elite members of society...More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/human-hair-khipus-used-by-elites-and-commoners/
Follow @archaeology
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I had the pleasure to be interviewed by Alexandre Morales for France Culture, to talk about the discovery of Quipu, one of the largest known structure of the Universe. It will air tomorrow morning at 6:52.
Here is the press release by the authors of the discovery at MPI Garching https://www.mpg.de/24197951/largest-superstructure-in-the-nearby-universe
#Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmology #Cosmography #galaxies #galaxyclusters #XrayClusters #ROSAT #CLASSIX #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #STEM #news #AlexandreMorales #FranceCulture
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I had the pleasure to be interviewed by Alexandre Morales for France Culture, to talk about the discovery of Quipu, one of the largest known structure of the Universe. It will air tomorrow morning at 6:52.
Here is the press release by the authors of the discovery at MPI Garching https://www.mpg.de/24197951/largest-superstructure-in-the-nearby-universe
#Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmology #Cosmography #galaxies #galaxyclusters #XrayClusters #ROSAT #CLASSIX #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #STEM #news #AlexandreMorales #FranceCulture
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I had the pleasure to be interviewed by Alexandre Morales for France Culture, to talk about the discovery of Quipu, one of the largest known structure of the Universe. It will air tomorrow morning at 6:52.
Here is the press release by the authors of the discovery at MPI Garching https://www.mpg.de/24197951/largest-superstructure-in-the-nearby-universe
#Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmology #Cosmography #galaxies #galaxyclusters #XrayClusters #ROSAT #CLASSIX #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #STEM #news #AlexandreMorales #FranceCulture
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I had the pleasure to be interviewed by Alexandre Morales for France Culture, to talk about the discovery of Quipu, one of the largest known structure of the Universe. It will air tomorrow morning at 6:52.
Here is the press release by the authors of the discovery at MPI Garching https://www.mpg.de/24197951/largest-superstructure-in-the-nearby-universe
#Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmology #Cosmography #galaxies #galaxyclusters #XrayClusters #ROSAT #CLASSIX #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #STEM #news #AlexandreMorales #FranceCulture
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I had the pleasure to be interviewed by Alexandre Morales for France Culture, to talk about the discovery of Quipu, one of the largest known structure of the Universe. It will air tomorrow morning at 6:52.
Here is the press release by the authors of the discovery at MPI Garching https://www.mpg.de/24197951/largest-superstructure-in-the-nearby-universe
#Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmology #Cosmography #galaxies #galaxyclusters #XrayClusters #ROSAT #CLASSIX #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #STEM #news #AlexandreMorales #FranceCulture
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Größte Superstruktur im Universum entdeckt. Ansammlung von Galaxienclustern im nahen Kosmos ist rund 1,4 Milliarden Lichtjahre lang. #Quipu #Astronomie #Superstruktur #Kosmos #Galaxienhaufen #ROSAT
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/groesste-superstruktur-im-universum-entdeckt/ -
Größte Superstruktur im Universum entdeckt. Ansammlung von Galaxienclustern im nahen Kosmos ist rund 1,4 Milliarden Lichtjahre lang. #Quipu #Astronomie #Superstruktur #Kosmos #Galaxienhaufen #ROSAT
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/groesste-superstruktur-im-universum-entdeckt/ -
Größte Superstruktur im Universum entdeckt. Ansammlung von Galaxienclustern im nahen Kosmos ist rund 1,4 Milliarden Lichtjahre lang. #Quipu #Astronomie #Superstruktur #Kosmos #Galaxienhaufen #ROSAT
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/groesste-superstruktur-im-universum-entdeckt/ -
Größte Superstruktur im Universum entdeckt. Ansammlung von Galaxienclustern im nahen Kosmos ist rund 1,4 Milliarden Lichtjahre lang. #Quipu #Astronomie #Superstruktur #Kosmos #Galaxienhaufen #ROSAT
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/groesste-superstruktur-im-universum-entdeckt/ -
Größte Superstruktur im Universum entdeckt. Ansammlung von Galaxienclustern im nahen Kosmos ist rund 1,4 Milliarden Lichtjahre lang. #Quipu #Astronomie #Superstruktur #Kosmos #Galaxienhaufen #ROSAT
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/groesste-superstruktur-im-universum-entdeckt/ -
#MPE:
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Neues Gebilde am Firmament: Größte Superstruktur im nahen Universum entdeckt
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".. Entdeckung geschah bei der Kartierung des näheren Universums anhand der Daten von Galaxienhaufen aus der Durchmusterung des Himmels durch den Röntgensatelliten ROSAT. .."https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8052724/news20240218
19.2.2025
#Astronomie #Expansion #Galaxienhaufen #Materie #Kosmographie #Kosmologie #MPP #Quipu #Röntgenastronomie #ROSAT #Superstruktur #Universum
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#MPE:
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Neues Gebilde am Firmament: Größte Superstruktur im nahen Universum entdeckt
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".. Entdeckung geschah bei der Kartierung des näheren Universums anhand der Daten von Galaxienhaufen aus der Durchmusterung des Himmels durch den Röntgensatelliten ROSAT. .."https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8052724/news20240218
19.2.2025
#Astronomie #Expansion #Galaxienhaufen #Materie #Kosmographie #Kosmologie #MPP #Quipu #Röntgenastronomie #ROSAT #Superstruktur #Universum
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#MPE:
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Neues Gebilde am Firmament: Größte Superstruktur im nahen Universum entdeckt
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".. Entdeckung geschah bei der Kartierung des näheren Universums anhand der Daten von Galaxienhaufen aus der Durchmusterung des Himmels durch den Röntgensatelliten ROSAT. .."https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8052724/news20240218
19.2.2025
#Astronomie #Expansion #Galaxienhaufen #Materie #Kosmographie #Kosmologie #MPP #Quipu #Röntgenastronomie #ROSAT #Superstruktur #Universum
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#MPE:
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Neues Gebilde am Firmament: Größte Superstruktur im nahen Universum entdeckt
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".. Entdeckung geschah bei der Kartierung des näheren Universums anhand der Daten von Galaxienhaufen aus der Durchmusterung des Himmels durch den Röntgensatelliten ROSAT. .."https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8052724/news20240218
19.2.2025
#Astronomie #Expansion #Galaxienhaufen #Materie #Kosmographie #Kosmologie #MPP #Quipu #Röntgenastronomie #ROSAT #Superstruktur #Universum
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#MPE:
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Neues Gebilde am Firmament: Größte Superstruktur im nahen Universum entdeckt
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".. Entdeckung geschah bei der Kartierung des näheren Universums anhand der Daten von Galaxienhaufen aus der Durchmusterung des Himmels durch den Röntgensatelliten ROSAT. .."https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8052724/news20240218
19.2.2025
#Astronomie #Expansion #Galaxienhaufen #Materie #Kosmographie #Kosmologie #MPP #Quipu #Röntgenastronomie #ROSAT #Superstruktur #Universum
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#Ciencia🔴La #estructura masiva fue bautizada #Quipu, en honor a un sistema #inca para contar y almacenar números mediante nudos en cuerdas.
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https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/cp9x3m3e11yo -
#Ciencia🔴La #estructura masiva fue bautizada #Quipu, en honor a un sistema #inca para contar y almacenar números mediante nudos en cuerdas.
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https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/cp9x3m3e11yo -
#Ciencia🔴La #estructura masiva fue bautizada #Quipu, en honor a un sistema #inca para contar y almacenar números mediante nudos en cuerdas.
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Probably the biggest discovery in recent times.
#Quipu
#LargestStructure in #Universe
13,000 times the length of #MilkyWay discovered
Superstructure spans an astonishing 1.3 billion light years across
https://www.ndtv.com/science/largest-structure-in-universe-13-000-times-the-length-of-milky-way-discovered-study-7664118 -
Probably the biggest discovery in recent times.
#Quipu
#LargestStructure in #Universe
13,000 times the length of #MilkyWay discovered
Superstructure spans an astonishing 1.3 billion light years across
https://www.ndtv.com/science/largest-structure-in-universe-13-000-times-the-length-of-milky-way-discovered-study-7664118 -
Probably the biggest discovery in recent times.
#Quipu
#LargestStructure in #Universe
13,000 times the length of #MilkyWay discovered
Superstructure spans an astonishing 1.3 billion light years across
https://www.ndtv.com/science/largest-structure-in-universe-13-000-times-the-length-of-milky-way-discovered-study-7664118 -
Probably the biggest discovery in recent times.
#Quipu
#LargestStructure in #Universe
13,000 times the length of #MilkyWay discovered
Superstructure spans an astonishing 1.3 billion light years across
https://www.ndtv.com/science/largest-structure-in-universe-13-000-times-the-length-of-milky-way-discovered-study-7664118 -
Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe.
The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of our fundamental assumptions about the universe.
Hans Böhringer at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich and his colleagues have named this cosmic structure Quipu after an Incan counting system made from knotted rope.
#Astronomy #Universe #Quipu #MaxPlanckInstitute #Science #Germany
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Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe.
The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of our fundamental assumptions about the universe.
Hans Böhringer at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich and his colleagues have named this cosmic structure Quipu after an Incan counting system made from knotted rope.
#Astronomy #Universe #Quipu #MaxPlanckInstitute #Science #Germany
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Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe.
The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of our fundamental assumptions about the universe.
Hans Böhringer at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich and his colleagues have named this cosmic structure Quipu after an Incan counting system made from knotted rope.
#Astronomy #Universe #Quipu #MaxPlanckInstitute #Science #Germany
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Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe.
The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of our fundamental assumptions about the universe.
Hans Böhringer at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich and his colleagues have named this cosmic structure Quipu after an Incan counting system made from knotted rope.
#Astronomy #Universe #Quipu #MaxPlanckInstitute #Science #Germany
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Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe.
The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of our fundamental assumptions about the universe.
Hans Böhringer at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich and his colleagues have named this cosmic structure Quipu after an Incan counting system made from knotted rope.
#Astronomy #Universe #Quipu #MaxPlanckInstitute #Science #Germany
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Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe.
The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of our fundamental assumptions about the universe.
Hans Böhringer at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich and his colleagues have named this cosmic structure Quipu after an Incan counting system made from knotted rope.
#Astronomy #Universe #Quipu #MaxPlanckInstitute #Science #Germany
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Astronomen ontdekken Quipu – de grootste enkelvoudige structuur in het bekende heelal
Astronomen beweren dat het onlangs gevonden Quipu, een superstructuur waarin sterrenstelsels zich groeperen in clusters en clusters van clusters, qua lengte de grootste bekende structuur in het heelal is.
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#Incas #knopen #Quipu #sterrenstelsels #supercluster #superstructuur #telkoord