The gravitational influence of Jupiter on the Ptolemaic value for the eccentricity of Saturn

DOI10.1007/S00407-020-00271-YzbMATH Open1472.01010OpenAlexW3118772129MaRDI QIDQ2040447FDOQ2040447

Authors: Christián C. Carman 

Publication date: 14 July 2021

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-020-00271-y

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitational influence of JupiterPtolemy's methodSaturn eccentricity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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• Ptolemaic planetary models and Kepler's laws
• Episodes From the Early History of Astronomy
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• On the spherical geopotential approximation for Saturn

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