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The division of the Martian eccentricity from Hipparchos to Kepler: A history of the approximations to Kepler motion

Author(s) -

James Evans

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of physics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1943-2909

pISSN - 0002-9505

DOI - 10.1119/1.15383

Subject(s) - kepler , physics , planet , motion (physics) , eccentricity (behavior) , kepler's laws of planetary motion , mars exploration program , astrobiology , celestial mechanics , division (mathematics) , theoretical physics , astronomy , martian , classical mechanics , mathematics , arithmetic , political science , law

Any planetary theory with pretensions of quantitative validity must grapple with the inequality of movement due to Kepler motion. This was so in antiquity no less than today. The technical details of six historically important planetary models are discussed. The relationships of the models to one another and to the real motions of the planets are examined with simple geometrical techniques. The discussion centers on the history of the attempts to provide a model for the motion of Mars.

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