Ancient Astronomical Observations and the Accelerations of the Earth and MoonDr. Newton discusses and analyses a very large number of ancient and medieval astronomical observations. The objective is the study of the rotation of the Earth and the motion of the Mood during the historical past -- essentially since about 750 B.C. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accuracy Al-Battani Alexandria Almagest Amajour ancient ar-Raqqah assigned assumed assumption Astro astronomers Aug 15b Aug 3b Babylonian Bagdad Cairo calculated central line Chapter column gives conjunctions and occultations cuneiform record diameter difference digit earth Ebn Iounis eclipse of Hipparchus eclipse report ephemeris longitude epoch equation equinox error férie Figure Fotheringham 1920 Ginzel given GMST Greenwich mean Hellespont Herodotus Hipparchus Hydatius identification interpretation Islamic Jupiter large solar eclipses latitude listed in Table lunar conjunctions lunar eclipse lunar eclipse magnitudes measurement moon Newcomb noon observations passage Pleiades Plutarch position possible priori estimate probably Ptolemy Ptolemy ca 152 Ptolemy's reason record Reference reliability right ascension Saturn Section Shiraz standard deviation stars sunrise sunset Table VIII Table XIV Teff tion translation tude unequal hours weight