Lunar theory (English Wikipedia)

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J Chapront & G Francou (2001), and citations therein. J Chapront & G Francou. "The lunar theory ELP revisited. Introduction of new planetary perturbations", Astronomy & Astrophysics 404 (2003), 735–742.

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Steele, J. M.; Stephenson, F. R.; Morrison, L. V. (1 November 1997). "The Accuracy of Eclipse Times Measured by the Babylonians". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 28 (4): 337. Bibcode:1997JHA....28..337S. doi:10.1177/002182869702800404. ISSN 0021-8286. S2CID 118701989.
Gutzwiller, Martin C. (1998). "Moon–Earth–Sun: The oldest three-body problem". Reviews of Modern Physics. 70 (2): 589–639. Bibcode:1998RvMP...70..589G. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.70.589.
Park, Ryan S.; Folkner, William M.; Williams, James G.; Boggs, Dale H. (2021). "The JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides DE440 and DE441". The Astronomical Journal. 161 (3): 105. Bibcode:2021AJ....161..105P. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abd414. ISSN 0004-6256.

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E W Brown (1903). E W Brown. "On the verification of the Newtonian law", Monthly Notes of the Royal Astronomical Society 63 (1903), 396–397.
The motion of the moon, Alan Cook, published Adam Hilger, 1988

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Representative documents include (1) D B Holdridge & J D Mulholland (1970), (2) J G Williams et al. (1972), (3) J D Mulholland & P J Shelus (1973), (4) X X Newhall, E M Standish, J G Williams (1983). K Garthwaite; D B Holdridge & J D Mulholland. "A preliminary special perturbation theory for the lunar motion", Astronomical Journal 75 (1970), 1133. J G Williams et al. "Making solutions from lunar laser ranging data", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society (1972), 4Q, 267. J D Mulholland & P J Shelus. "Improvement of the numerical lunar ephemeris with laser ranging data", Moon 8 (1973), 532. X X Newhall; E M Standish; J G Williams. "DE102: A numerically integrated ephemeris of the Moon and planets spanning forty-four centuries", Astronomy and Astrophysics 125 (1983), 150.

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Explanatory Supplement (1961) to the Astronomical Ephemeris, p. 107. 'ESAE 1961': Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Ephemeris and the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac ('prepared jointly by the Nautical Almanac Offices of the United Kingdom and the United States of America'), London (HMSO), 1961.
English translations of the Principia (3rd edition, 1726) have been made by: I B Cohen (1999), a modern English translation with Guide; also Andrew Motte (translator) (1729a) (the original English translation, Volume 1, containing Book 1); and Andrew Motte (translator) (1729b) (Volume 2, containing Books 2 and 3, index, additional Newton papers and a tract on the Moon by John Machin). I B Cohen and Anne Whitman (1999). Isaac Newton: 'The Principia', a new translation, University of California Press. (For bibliographic details but no text, see external link.) Andrew Motte (1729a) (translator). "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton, translated into English", Volume I, containing Book 1. Andrew Motte (1729b) (translator). "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton, translated into English", Volume II, containing Books 2 and 3 (with Index, Appendix containing additional (Newtonian) proofs, and "The Laws of the Moon's Motion according to Gravity", by John Machin).
'Principia', Andrew Motte (1729b), at Book 3, Prop. 25, p. 262. Andrew Motte (1729b) (translator). "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton, translated into English", Volume II, containing Books 2 and 3 (with Index, Appendix containing additional (Newtonian) proofs, and "The Laws of the Moon's Motion according to Gravity", by John Machin).
'Principia', Andrew Motte (1729b), at Book 3, Proposition 25, p. 262. Andrew Motte (1729b) (translator). "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton, translated into English", Volume II, containing Books 2 and 3 (with Index, Appendix containing additional (Newtonian) proofs, and "The Laws of the Moon's Motion according to Gravity", by John Machin).
H Godfray (1885). H Godfray (1885). Elementary Treatise on the Lunar Theory, London, (4th ed.).
E W Brown (1896). E W Brown (1896). An Introductory Treatise on the Lunar Theory, Cambridge University Press.
E W Brown (1919). E W Brown (1919). Tables of the Motion of the Moon, New Haven.
E W Brown (1897). E W Brown. "Theory of the Motion of the Moon", Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, 53 (1897), 39–116.
E W Brown (1899). E W Brown. "Theory of the Motion of the Moon", Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, 53 (1899), 163–202.
E W Brown (1900). E W Brown. "Theory of the Motion of the Moon", Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, 54 (1900), 1–63.
E W Brown (1905). E W Brown. "Theory of the Motion of the Moon", Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, 57 (1905), 51–145.
E W Brown (1908). E W Brown. "Theory of the Motion of the Moon", Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, 59 (1908), 1–103.
E W Brown (1919), pp. 8–28. E W Brown (1919). Tables of the Motion of the Moon, New Haven.
H Godfray (1885), pp. 68–71. H Godfray (1885). Elementary Treatise on the Lunar Theory, London, (4th ed.).

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Neugebauer (1975), volume 1, pp. 347–348. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
Neugebauer (1975), volume 1, p. 352. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
Neugebauer (1975), volume 1, p. 349, citing Epping & Strassmaier (1881). O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer). J Epping & J N Strassmaier. "Zur Entzifferung der astronomischen Tafeln der Chaldaer" ("On the Deciphering of the Astronomical Tables of the Chaldaeans"), Stimmen aus Maria Laach, vol. 21 (1881), pp. 277–292.
Neugebauer (1975), volume 1, pp. 476–482. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
Neugebauer (1975), volume 1, pp. 354, 474. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
Neugebauer (1975), volume 1, p. 483. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
Neugebauer (1975), volume 1, pp. 476–478. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
Neugebauer (1975), volume 1, p. 501. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
Neugebauer (1975), volume 1, Neugebauer, O. (2004). A History of Ancient Astronomy. Springer. p. 518. ISBN 978-3540069959. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
J L E Dreyer (1906), especially chapter 7. J L E Dreyer (1906). A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler, Cambridge University Press, (later republished under the modified title "History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler").
Neugebauer (1975), volume 1, pp. 85–88. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
See e.g. Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for 1871, especially p. 224 (Dec 1871), (showing range of Moon's diameters near its widest for the half-year, ranging 0.491°–0.559° 12–26 Dec 1871, to compare with other nearby months e.g. Aug–Nov where the range is not so wide). 'AE 1871': "Nautical Almanac & Astronomical Ephemeris" for 1871, (London, 1867).
J L E Dreyer (1906), especially chapter 9. J L E Dreyer (1906). A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler, Cambridge University Press, (later republished under the modified title "History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler").
Neugebauer (1975), volume 3, pp. 1108–1109. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
Neugebauer (1975), volume 3, p. 1109. O Neugebauer (1975). A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy, (in 3 volumes), New York (Springer).
English translations of the Principia (3rd edition, 1726) have been made by: I B Cohen (1999), a modern English translation with Guide; also Andrew Motte (translator) (1729a) (the original English translation, Volume 1, containing Book 1); and Andrew Motte (translator) (1729b) (Volume 2, containing Books 2 and 3, index, additional Newton papers and a tract on the Moon by John Machin). I B Cohen and Anne Whitman (1999). Isaac Newton: 'The Principia', a new translation, University of California Press. (For bibliographic details but no text, see external link.) Andrew Motte (1729a) (translator). "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton, translated into English", Volume I, containing Book 1. Andrew Motte (1729b) (translator). "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton, translated into English", Volume II, containing Books 2 and 3 (with Index, Appendix containing additional (Newtonian) proofs, and "The Laws of the Moon's Motion according to Gravity", by John Machin).
Brewster, Sir David Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, Volume 2. Edinburgh: 1860 p108
'Principia', Andrew Motte (1729a), at Book 1, Prop. 66, p. 234, referring to diagram "Fig.2" on an unnumbered page following next after p. 268. Andrew Motte (1729a) (translator). "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton, translated into English", Volume I, containing Book 1.
'Principia', Andrew Motte (1729a), at Corollary VI to the laws of motion, p. 31. Andrew Motte (1729a) (translator). "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton, translated into English", Volume I, containing Book 1.
Principia, Andrew Motte (1729a); where Newton shows the parallelogram of forces at Corollary I to the laws of motion, p. 21. Andrew Motte (1729a) (translator). "The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton, translated into English", Volume I, containing Book 1.

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Steele, J. M.; Stephenson, F. R.; Morrison, L. V. (1 November 1997). "The Accuracy of Eclipse Times Measured by the Babylonians". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 28 (4): 337. Bibcode:1997JHA....28..337S. doi:10.1177/002182869702800404. ISSN 0021-8286. S2CID 118701989.
Gutzwiller, Martin C. (1998). "Moon–Earth–Sun: The oldest three-body problem". Reviews of Modern Physics. 70 (2): 589–639. Bibcode:1998RvMP...70..589G. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.70.589.
Garfinkle, Robert A. (2014), "Eckert, Wallace John", in Hockey, Thomas; Trimble, Virginia; Williams, Thomas R.; Bracher, Katherine (eds.), Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 634–635, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_397, ISBN 978-1-4419-9917-7, retrieved 2025-05-26
Park, Ryan S.; Folkner, William M.; Williams, James G.; Boggs, Dale H. (2021). "The JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides DE440 and DE441". The Astronomical Journal. 161 (3): 105. Bibcode:2021AJ....161..105P. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abd414. ISSN 0004-6256.

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U S Naval Observatory (2009). Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac. U S Naval Observatory (2009). "History of the Astronomical Almanac" Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine.

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M Chapront-Touzé & J Chapront (2002), pp. 21–22. M Chapront-Touzé & J Chapront, Analytical Ephemerides of the Moon in the 20th Century (Observatoire de Paris, 2002).

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Steele, J. M.; Stephenson, F. R.; Morrison, L. V. (1 November 1997). "The Accuracy of Eclipse Times Measured by the Babylonians". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 28 (4): 337. Bibcode:1997JHA....28..337S. doi:10.1177/002182869702800404. ISSN 0021-8286. S2CID 118701989.

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M Chapront-Touzé, J Chapront & G Francou (1983, 1988, 2002, 2003) M Chapront-Touzé & J Chapront. "The lunar ephemeris ELP-2000", Astronomy & Astrophysics 124 (1983), 50–62.

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J O Dickey et al. (1994) J O Dickey; P L Bender; J E Faller; and others. "Lunar Laser Ranging: A Continuing Legacy of the Apollo Program", Science 265 (1994), pp. 482–490.

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"Improved Lunar Ephemeris, 1952-1959: A Joint Supplement to the American Ephemeris and the (British) Nautical Almanac, by United States Naval Observatory Nautical Almanac Office et al. | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-15.

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J.G. Williams et al., (2004). J.G. Williams; S.G. Turyshev; & D.H. Boggs. "Progress in Lunar Laser Ranging Tests of Relativistic Gravity", Physical Review Letters, 93 (2004), 261101.
U S Naval Observatory (2009). Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac. U S Naval Observatory (2009). "History of the Astronomical Almanac" Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine.

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Steele, J. M.; Stephenson, F. R.; Morrison, L. V. (1 November 1997). "The Accuracy of Eclipse Times Measured by the Babylonians". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 28 (4): 337. Bibcode:1997JHA....28..337S. doi:10.1177/002182869702800404. ISSN 0021-8286. S2CID 118701989.
Park, Ryan S.; Folkner, William M.; Williams, James G.; Boggs, Dale H. (2021). "The JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides DE440 and DE441". The Astronomical Journal. 161 (3): 105. Bibcode:2021AJ....161..105P. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/abd414. ISSN 0004-6256.

Lunar theory (English Wikipedia)

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