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

DOI10.1007/S00407-020-00271-YMaRDI QIDQ2040447zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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

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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• On the spherical geopotential approximation for Saturn

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