The Hill--Brown theory of the Moon's motion. Its coming-to-be and short-lived ascendancy (1877-1984)

DOI10.1007/978-1-4419-5937-9zbMath1202.70004OpenAlexW1661838799MaRDI QIDQ983264

Curtis A. Wilson

Publication date: 5 August 2010

Published in: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5937-9

zbMATH Keywords

perturbation theoryephemeridesorbital elements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Celestial mechanics (70F15) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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