An Investigation of the Orbit of Neptune: With General Tables of Its Motion (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Newcomb, Simon

9780267638864: An Investigation of the Orbit of Neptune: With General Tables of Its Motion (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0267638868 ISBN 13: 9780267638864

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Approximate elements of this planet, neglecting the effect of perturbations, were computed by several astronomers within a year or two after its discovery. But the work of preparing a theory which should include the perturbations produced by all the other planets seems to have been left entirely In the hands of Professor Peirce and Mr. Sears C. Walker.

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