Book Review: Newton and the Lunar Motion, Newton's Forgotten Lunar Theory: His Contribution to the Quest for Longitude

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-212
Author(s):  
I. B. Cohen ◽  
G. E. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Theory ◽  
Lunar Motion

scholarly journals On the dominant relativistic terms in the lunar theory

1986 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
M. Soffel ◽  
H. Ruder ◽  
M. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Reference Frame ◽  
Lunar Theory ◽  
Laser Ranging ◽  
Lunar Laser Ranging ◽  
Mean Motion ◽  
Lunar Laser ◽  
Lunar Motion ◽  
Jacobi Equations

For a simplified 3-body (Earth, Moon, Sun) problem it is shown how the usual Einstein-Infeld-Hoffmann equations for the lunar motion reduce to the Jacobi-equations after the transformation to the proper reference frame. The dominant relativistic contributions to the lunar laser ranging observables are then obtained in a Hill-Brown calculation. It is argued that in the proper reference frame all post-Newtonian variational terms are proportional to m = n′/(n-n′) [n(n′) = mean motion of Moon (Sun)].

scholarly journals Lunar Motion: Theory and Observations

1997 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Jean Chapront ◽  
Michelle Chapront-Touzé
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Theory ◽  
Numerical Integrations ◽  
Lunar Motion

AbstractResults of several fits of the lunar theory ELP 2000–82B and of Moons’ theory of libration are presented. The theories are fitted both to JPL numerical integrations and to LLR observations.

Book Review

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
A. M. Heagerty
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