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Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobsen, Theodor S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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245 1 0 |a Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler  |h [electronic resource]. 
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505 0 |a Cover -- Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I. Astronomical Knowledge of the Ancient Greeks -- Knowledge of the Sun's, the Moon's, and the Planets' Apparent Motions -- The Aspects, Stations, and Retrograde Motions of the Planets -- The Periods of the Planets -- Apparent Planetary Loops and Zigzags -- The Elements of a Planetary Orbit -- Orbit Computation -- Concepts of Some Early Greek Philosophers -- Thales of Miletus (c. 624-546 B.C.) -- Anaximander (c. 611-545 B.C.) 
505 8 |a Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585-528 B.C.) -- Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500-428 B.C.) -- Pythagoras of Samos (c. 580-500 B.C.) -- Philolaus, the Pythagorean (c. 470-400 B.C.) -- Hicetas of Syracuse (c. 350 B.C.) -- Ecphantus of Syracuse (c. 325 B.C.) -- Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 530 B.C.) -- Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 500 B.C.) -- Empedocles of Agrigentum (c. 450 B.C.) -- Leukippus of Abdera (c. 450 B.C.) -- Democritus of Abdera (c. 400 B.C.) -- Metrodorus of Chios (c. 400 B.C.) -- Plato of Samos (427-347 B.C.) -- Aristotle of Stagira (384-322 B.C.) -- Heracleides of Pontus (c. 350 B.C.) 
505 8 |a Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310-230 B.C.) -- II. Eudoxus (408-355 B.C.) -- Eudoxus's Lunar Theory -- Eudoxus's Solar Theory -- Eudoxus's Planetary Theory -- The Systems of Spheres -- III. Hipparchus (fl. 146-126 B.C.) -- Hipparchus's Main Astronomical Contributions -- Hipparchus's Solar Theory -- The Apparent Nonuniform Motion of the Sun in the Ecliptic -- Hipparchus's Method of Finding the Line of Apsides and the Eccentricity of the Sun's Orbit (Considered as an Eccentric Circle) -- Hipparchus's Method of Predicting the Sun's Place at Any Instant -- Equivalence of Epicyclic and Eccentric Motion 
505 8 |a Hipparchus's Lunar Theory -- Hipparchus's Method of Finding the Line of Apsides and Eccentricity of the Moon's Orbit -- Hipparchus's Method of Predicting the Moon's Place at Any Time -- Hipparchus's (Abortive) Theory of Planetary Motion -- Hipparchus's Method of Finding the Stationary Points and Arcs of Retrogression of a Planet (a Method Originally Due to Apollonius) -- Hipparchus's Eclipse Method of Finding the Actual Distances and Diameters of the Sun and Moon -- Hipparchus's Discovery of the Precession of the Equinoxes -- Hipparchus's Discussion of Errors -- IV. Ptolemy (fl. 125-150) 
505 8 |a Ptolemy's Main Contributions to Astronomy -- Contents of the Almagest -- Ptolemy's Solar Theory -- Ptolemy's Work on the Lunar Orbit -- Ptolemy's View of the Regression of the Nodes and the Advance of the Apsides of the Lunar Orbit -- Ptolemy's Preliminary Derivation of the Elements of the Lunar Orbit -- The Motions in Ptolemy's Lunar Orbit -- The Effects of Evection -- Ptolemy's Explanation of the Evection -- Ptolemy's Determination of the Evection at the Quarters -- The Prosneusis -- Ptolemy's Computation of the Prosneusis and an Example of His Prediction of the Moon's True Longitude 
500 |a Approximate Elementary Derivation of the Longitude Correction to the Moon's Position Caused by the Prosneusis. 
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