Ancient astronomical observations and the study of the Moon's motion (1691-1757).
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Ancient astronomical observations and the study of the Moon's motion (1691-1757).
zbMATH Open document ID: 1238.85003
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2149-8
author: J. M. Steele
published in: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
publication date: 2012-01-02T00:00:00Z
review text: The Moon's secular acceleration is the usual terminus for the following effect: The length of the month measured in days becomes shorter and shorter if evaluated over the centuries. As the Earth-Moon system is a quite complicated one, this effect has several different origins: 1. Due to tidal friction, the length of the day measured in seconds becomes longer over the centuries. 2. Due to angular momentum conservation of the Earth-Moon system, the revolution of the Moon around the Earth is influenced by the rotation of the Earth. 3. Even planet Jupiter has measurable influence to the motion of the Moon. The present book presents the history of the detection and measurements of the Moon's secular acceleration, especially in the 18th century and related to the names Edmond Halley, Richard Dunthorne, Leonhard Euler, and Tobias Mayer. Many historical arguments and measurements are collected.
reviewed by: Hans-Jürgen Schmidt
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 85-03
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 85A04
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A50
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 85A35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 62P35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 85-02
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A55
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 85A05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83C10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 70F07
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 70F15
zbMATH DE Number: 5993962
zbMATH Keywords: Moon's secular acceleration
zbMATH Keywords: Edmond Halley
zbMATH Keywords: Richard Dunthorne
zbMATH Keywords: Tobias Mayer
zbMATH Keywords: Leonard Euler
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2149-8
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5993962