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Semi-Analytical Lunar Ephemeris - the Main Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Jacques Henrard*
Affiliation:
Facultés Universitaires de Namur, B-5000 Namur, Belgium

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The theory of the motion of the Moon can be approached by two types of methods. In the analytical methods, the solution is usually expanded in formal power series of the small quantities m, e and γ. It is known that the expansions in m are slowly convergent and that, in order to obtain an accuracy of the order of the meter, the expansions have to be carried to very high order (beyond 20) involving several hundred thousands terms.

Type
Part II: Planetary and Lunar Theories
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1979