libration in longitude
11Lune — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Lune (homonymie). Cet article concerne la Lune, satellite naturel de la Terre. Pour les lunes d autres planètes, voir satellite naturel. Lune …
12Hevelius — Johannes Hevelius Johannes Hevelius Johannes Hevelius, Johann Hewelke ou Johannes Hewel (en allemand) ou Jan Heweliusz (en polonais), né à Gdansk le 28 janvier 1611 et mort le 28 janvier 1687 …
13Johannes Hevelius — Johannes Hevelius, Johann Hewelke ou Johannes Hewel (en allemand) ou Jan Heweliusz (en polonais), né dans la ville hanséatique de Dantzig (Gdansk) le 28 janvier 1611 et mort le 28 janvier  …
14Johannes Hevelius — (Latin), also called Johannes Hewel, Johann Hewelke, Johannes Höwelcke in German, or Jan Heweliusz (in Polish), (January 28 1611 – January 28 1687), was a Protestant councillor and mayor in Danzig (Gdańsk), (Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth.) As an …
151611 en science — Années : 1608 1609 1610  1611  1612 1613 1614 Décennies : 1580 1590 1600  1610  1620 1630 1640 Siècles : XVIe siècle  XVIIe siècle& …
16Orbit of the Moon — Not to be confused with Lunar orbit in the sense of a selenocentric orbit, that is, an orbit around the Moon The Moon completes its orbit around the Earth in approximately 27.3 days (a sidereal month). The Earth and Moon orbit about their… …
17celestial mechanics — the branch of astronomy that deals with the application of the laws of dynamics and Newton s law of gravitation to the motions of heavenly bodies. [1815 25] * * * Branch of astronomy that deals with the mathematical theory of the motions of… …
18Science and mathematics from the Renaissance to Descartes — George Molland Early in the nineteenth century John Playfair wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica a long article entitled ‘Dissertation; exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Mathematics and Physical Science, since the Revival of Letters …
19Mayer, Johann Tobias — ▪ German astronomer born Feb. 17, 1723, Marbach, Württemberg died Feb. 20, 1762, Göttingen German astronomer who developed lunar tables that greatly assisted navigators in determining longitude at sea. Mayer also discovered the libration… …
20Moon — This article is about Earth s Moon. For moons in general, see Natural satellite. For other uses, see Moon (disambiguation) …
