Planetary Systems from the Ancient Greeks to Kepler

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jacobsen, Theodor S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2018.
Temas:
Planetary systems.
Systèmes planétaires.
planetary systems.
Planetary systems
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.)
  • 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.)
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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

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