Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION
- PHYSICAL ASTRONOMY
- BOOK I
- BOOK II
- CHAPTER I PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY
- CHAPTER II ON THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION, DEDUCED FROM OBSERVATION
- CHAPTER III ON THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF THE MOTION OF A SYSTEM OF BODIES, SUBJECTED TO THEIR MUTUAL ATTRACTIONS
- CHAPTER IV ON THE ELLIPTICAL MOTION OF THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER V THEORY OF THE PERTURBATIONS OF THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER VI SECULAR INEQUALITIES IN THE ELEMENTS OF THE ORBITS
- CHAPTER VII PERIODIC VARIATIONS IN THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLANETARY ORBITS
- CHAPTER VIII PERTURBATIONS OF THE PLANETS IN LONGITUDE, LATITUDE, AND DISTANCE
- CHAPTER IX SECOND METHOD OF FINDING THE PERTURBATIONS OF A PLANET IN LONGITUDE, LATITUDE, AND DISTANCE
- CHAPTER X THE THEORY OF JUPITER AND SATURN
- CHAPTER XI INEQUALITIES OCCASIONED BY THE ELLIPTICITY OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER XII PERTURBATIONS IN THE MOTIONS OF THE PLANETS OCCASIONED BY THE ACTION OF THEIR SATELLITES
- CHAPTER XIII DATA FOR COMPUTING THE CELESTIAL MOTIONS
- CHAPTER XIV NUMERICAL VALUES OF THE PERTURBATIONS OF JUPITER
- BOOK III
- BOOK IV
- Index
- Errata
CHAPTER V - THEORY OF THE PERTURBATIONS OF THE PLANETS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION
- PHYSICAL ASTRONOMY
- BOOK I
- BOOK II
- CHAPTER I PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY
- CHAPTER II ON THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION, DEDUCED FROM OBSERVATION
- CHAPTER III ON THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF THE MOTION OF A SYSTEM OF BODIES, SUBJECTED TO THEIR MUTUAL ATTRACTIONS
- CHAPTER IV ON THE ELLIPTICAL MOTION OF THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER V THEORY OF THE PERTURBATIONS OF THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER VI SECULAR INEQUALITIES IN THE ELEMENTS OF THE ORBITS
- CHAPTER VII PERIODIC VARIATIONS IN THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLANETARY ORBITS
- CHAPTER VIII PERTURBATIONS OF THE PLANETS IN LONGITUDE, LATITUDE, AND DISTANCE
- CHAPTER IX SECOND METHOD OF FINDING THE PERTURBATIONS OF A PLANET IN LONGITUDE, LATITUDE, AND DISTANCE
- CHAPTER X THE THEORY OF JUPITER AND SATURN
- CHAPTER XI INEQUALITIES OCCASIONED BY THE ELLIPTICITY OF THE SUN
- CHAPTER XII PERTURBATIONS IN THE MOTIONS OF THE PLANETS OCCASIONED BY THE ACTION OF THEIR SATELLITES
- CHAPTER XIII DATA FOR COMPUTING THE CELESTIAL MOTIONS
- CHAPTER XIV NUMERICAL VALUES OF THE PERTURBATIONS OF JUPITER
- BOOK III
- BOOK IV
- Index
- Errata
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- Mechanism of the Heavens , pp. 213 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1831