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Astronomical constants: a survey of determined values(1)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

S. Böhme  and
W. Fricke
S. Böhme
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg.
W. Fricke
Affiliation:
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg.

Abstract

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The authors give the main relations between fundamental and derived constants in analytical and numerical forms. Then, they enumerate and comment results of determinations of parameters of the figure and gravity field of the Earth, solar parallax, constant of lunar equation, the masses of planets, the constants of aberration, of nutation and of precession and give an extensive list of references.

Résumé. — Les auteurs donnent les principales relations liant les constantes fondamentales à celles qui en sont dérivées sous forme analytique et sous forme de tableaux de nombres. Puis, ils citent et commentent les résultats des déterminations des paramètres définissant la figure et le champ de gravité de la Terre, de la parallaxe solaire, de la constante de l'équation de la Lune, des masses des planètes et des constantes de l'aberration, de la nutation et de la précession. Ils donnent une importante bibliographie.

Zusammenfassung. — Verff, geben die hauptsächlichen Beziehungen zwischen den fundamentalen und den abgeleiteten Konstanten in analytischer und numerischer Form. Die Ergebnisse der Bestimmungen der folgenden Konstanten werden sodann zusammengestellt und kommentiert : Parameter der Figur und des Schwerefeldes der Erde; Sonnenparallaxe; Konstante der Mondgleichung; Planetenmassen; Aberrations-, Nutations- und Präzessionskonstante. Am Schluss wird eine ausführliche Bibliographie gegeben.

Резюме. — Авторы дают важнейшие зависимости между фундаментальными и производными постоянными в виде аналитических формул и таблиц. Они цитируют и комментируют результаты определений параметров определяющих форму Земли и её гравитационное поле, солнечного параллакса, постоянной уравнения Луны, масс планет и постоянных аберрации, прецессии и нутации. Авторы дают значительную библиографию.

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Research Article
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 21: The System of Astronomical Constants , 1965 , pp. 269 - 293
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Copyright © CNRS 1965 

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