How Euler found the eccentricity of planetary orbits

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Authors Thomas J. Osler, Jasen A. Scaramazza

Publication date 8 April 2013

zbMATH Keywords

celestial mechanicsEulereccentricity of elliptical orbits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05) Two-body problems (70F05) Celestial mechanics (70F15) Orbital mechanics (70M20)

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