• Lunar theory attempts to account for the motions of the Moon. There are many small variations (or perturbations) in the Moon's motion, and many attempts...
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    longitude of the lunar node. These represent perturbations in the Moon's ecliptic latitude. Tycho's lunar theory doubled the number of distinct lunar inequalities...
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    influence was caused by lunar rays heating the ocean's floor. Simon Stevin in his 1608 De spiegheling der Ebbenvloet (The Theory of Ebb and Flood) dismisses...
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  • post of acting as pathologist in cases of suspected poisoning. Later lunar theory work Observations of the Moon at Greenwich compared with Hansen's Tables...
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    object encounters. Lunar semi-major axis is an important astronomical datum. It has implications for testing gravitational theories such as general relativity...
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    From March 2025, Artms would be embarking on their second world tour, Lunar Theory, with dates in South Korea, North America and Europe. On April 4, the...
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    This theory was further debunked on the MythBusters episode "NASA Moon Landing". David Scott drops a hammer and feather on the Moon. 1. The Lunar Modules...
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    In lunar calendars, a lunar month is the time between two successive syzygies of the same type: new moons or full moons. The precise definition varies...
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    Moonbase (redirect from Lunar base)
    A moonbase (or lunar base) is a human outpost on or below the surface of the Moon. More than a mere site of activity or temporary camp, moonbases are...
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    Lunar precession is a term used for three different precession motions related to the Moon. First, it can refer to change in orientation of the lunar...
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  • Ephemeride Lunaire Parisienne (category Lunar science)
    Éphéméride Lunaire Parisienne is a lunar theory developed by Jean Chapront, Michelle Chapront-Touzé, and others at the Bureau des Longitudes in the 1970s...
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    the substance of his lectures on the Lunar Theory. Adams, J.C., ed. R.A. Sampson (1900) Lectures on the Lunar Theory, London: Cambridge University Press...
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    appearance of the dark areas (known as lunar maria) and the lighter-colored highlands (and some lowlands) of the lunar surface. There are various explanations...
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    Philosophical Society in 1879. There is also a lunar crater Airy named in his honour. Airy wave theory is the linear theory for the propagation of gravity waves...
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  • life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets...
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    Moon rock (redirect from Lunar sample)
    Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon. This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon...
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    second son of Charles Darwin: George Darwin's work was based on the lunar theory current in his time. His symbols for the tidal harmonic constituents...
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    took the first steps in applying his results of Proposition 66 to the lunar theory, the motion of the Moon under the gravitational influence of Earth and...
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  • Moon theory may refer to: Lunar theory, various theories to account for the Moon's motion Hollow Moon, that the Moon is a hollow sphere, including the...
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    gravitational attraction of the Sun and planets, the study of which (lunar theory) has a long history. The orbit of the Moon is a nearly circular ellipse...
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    solved several problems of spherical trigonometry. With his solar and lunar theories and his trigonometry, he may have been the first to develop a reliable...
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    either Lah or Hubal, whom he identified as lunar in nature. However, modern scholars have rejected this theory due to its speculative character and lack...
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  • another reason to believe that Kidinnu was involved in developing the lunar theory of System B. However, the conclusion that Kidinnu is the main creator...
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  • by the Moon (an annual series beginning in 1980), Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory (2000), Crop Circles (2002), and Terror on the Tube (2009). He has also...
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    Tide (redirect from Lunar tide)
    and Henri Poincaré further developed Laplace's theory. Based on these developments and the lunar theory of E W Brown describing the motions of the Moon...
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    A grazing lunar occultation (also lunar grazing occultation, lunar graze, or just graze) is a lunar occultation in which as the occulted star disappears...
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    Limited. ISBN 978-1-85702-416-6. Newton's Lunar Theory. Review by Michael Nauenberg of Isaac Newton, Theory of the Moon's Motion (1702), with a and historical...
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    Retrieved 18 April 2022. Britton, John P. (2010). "Studies in Babylonian lunar theory: part III. The introduction of the uniform zodiac". Archive for History...
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    Observatory at Greenwich using Tobias Mayer's corrections for Euler's Lunar Theory tables. Maskelyne was born in London, the third son of Edmund Maskelyne...
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    Craig A. (19 May 2021). Periodic Orbits: F. R. Moulton's Quest for a New Lunar Theory. American Mathematical Society. p. 2. ISBN 9781470456719. Johnson, Katherine...
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