Editing Cosmos (section)

===Similarities in observation===
There is one way that both the Chinese and the Europeans, along with countless other ancient societies, related to the cosmos. This was through meaning, placed on celestial bodies, that were observed moving above the Earth. The Chinese had a very complex astronomical understanding of the stars and the cosmos that influenced everything from their art and architecture to their myths and science.<ref>{{Citation|last=Pankenier|first=David W.|chapter=Cosmology and the calendar|pages=242–258|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1139017466|doi=10.1017/cbo9781139017466.014|title=Astrology and Cosmology in Early China|year=2013}}</ref> This was also true of the Greeks and Romans, whose 48 constellations, including the zodiac signs and the constellation of Orion, have been passed down to modern Western cultures. These were likely passed down to them from ancient Babylonian and Egyptian astronomers.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rogers|first=H|date=1998|title=Origins of the ancient constellations: II. The Mediterranean traditions|journal=Journal of the British Astronomical Association|volume=108|pages=79|bibcode=1998JBAA..108...79R}}</ref> Copernicus is said to have been inspired by the fecund sun deity of neoplatonic thought, which may have initially inspired his vision of a heliocentric universe.<ref name=":0" />