Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-1988
Publication Title
American Journal Of Physics
Department
Science, Technology and Society
Abstract
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.
Volume
56
Issue
11
pp.
1009-1024
ISSN
0002-9505
WorldCat Link
Citation
Evans, James C. 1988. "The Division of the Martian Eccentricity from Hipparchus to Kepler - a History of the Approximations to Kepler Motion." American Journal Of Physics 56(11): 1009-1024.