The tentative exploration of Shen Kuo's circle method and proper method.
Abstract
In this paper, the circle method and proper method established by Shen Kuo, a famous scientist of Northern Song Dynasty, are discussed tentatively. This is a new approach for calculating the position of the sun on the ecliptic. The velocity of sun's annual apparent motion is regarded as the sum of a constant and a variation.
- Publication:
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Shanghai Observatory Annals
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986AnShO...8....9G
- Keywords:
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- Ecliptic;
- Solar Position;
- Stellar Motions;
- Eccentric Orbits;
- Orbit Calculation;
- Astrophysics