The dispute between Carlini-Plana and Laplace on the theory of the moon

DOI10.1023/A:1017054402834MaRDI QIDQ5956448zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Guido Tagliaferri, Pasquale Tucci

Publication date 21 October 2003

Published in Earth, Moon, and Planets (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017054402834

zbMATH Keywords

Carlini-PlanaLaplaceMoon tables

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

Review text

The authors present the lunar theory of Laplace and the results of Carlini-Plana and Demoiseau on lunar tables based only on the law of universal gravity. The author also exposes the dispute between Laplace and Carlini-Plana on their methods for obtaining accurate lunar tables. The dispute was provoked by the awarding, in 1820, of a prize of the Académie des Sciences in Paris to F. Carlini and G. Plana for their method of construction of lunar tables. There are included excerpts from the letters exchanged between Carlini--Plana and Laplace. The paper contains a good bibliography.

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