Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars

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astronomical tables planetary theory

The Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are a set of highly accurate 19th-century astronomical tables computed by Simon Newcomb that were long used to predict the positions and motions of these celestial bodies.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Newcomb lunar theory 1
Newcomb planetary theories 1
Newcomb solar system constants 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical tables ⓘ
planetary theory ⓘ
appliesTo Mars ⓘ
Mercury ⓘ
Sun ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
author Simon Newcomb ⓘ
basisFor Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Newcomb solar system constants
characteristic high precision ⓘ
computingMethod classical celestial mechanics ⓘ
coordinateSystem ecliptic coordinates ⓘ
equatorial coordinates ⓘ
dataFormat tabulated numerical arguments and coefficients ⓘ
developedBy United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: United States Naval Observatory
eraOfUse early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
field celestial mechanics ⓘ
positional astronomy ⓘ
geographicalOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
historicalImportance standard reference for planetary positions in late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
includesCorrectionsFor orbital eccentricity ⓘ
orbital inclination ⓘ
planetary perturbations ⓘ
influenced standard astronomical ephemerides ⓘ
mathematicalForm series expansions in time ⓘ
precisionLevel arcsecond-level accuracy for their era ⓘ
publicationLanguage English ⓘ
purpose prediction of planetary motions ⓘ
prediction of planetary positions ⓘ
relatedWork Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Newcomb lunar theory

Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Newcomb planetary theories
replacedBy numerical integrations of planetary motion ⓘ
replacedInPracticeBy modern ephemerides such as JPL DE series ⓘ
status historically superseded but of historical interest ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
underlyingTheory Newtonian gravitation ⓘ
usedBy national ephemeris offices ⓘ
navigators ⓘ
professional astronomers ⓘ
usedFor ephemeris computation ⓘ
usedIn astrometry ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
celestial navigation ⓘ
usedToDefine reference planetary orbits of their time ⓘ

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Simon Newcomb → knownFor → Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars ⓘ
Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars → basisFor → Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Newcomb solar system constants
Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars → relatedWork → Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Newcomb lunar theory
Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars → relatedWork → Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Newcomb planetary theories
Tables of the Sun → relatedWork → Newcomb tables of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Newcomb’s Tables of the Sun and Planetary Orbits