
Ebook: Ancient astronomical observations and the study of the moon's motion (1691-1757)
Author: Steele John M
- Tags: Astronomy Ancient, Moon, Orbit, Moon, Observations, Astronomy, Moon, Artificial satellites, Orbits, Moon, Mathematics, History of Mathematical Sciences, Astronomy Observations and Techniques, Astronomy Astrophysics and Cosmology, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
- Series: Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Springer
- City: New York, Moon, Moon
- Language: English
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Historians of astronomy, historians of the ancient world, and astronomers will be enriched by the unique and captivating topics covered in this book. This volume contains the first detailed study of the use of ancient and medieval astronomical observations in order to investigate the moon's secular acceleration--from its discovery by Edmond Halley to the establishment of the magnitude of the acceleration by Richard Read more...
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The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon's mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth century led to a revival of interest in reports of astronomical observations Read more...
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