Timeline for Where did this famous Planetary Precession Formula come from?
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| Nov 12, 2014 at 11:48 | comment | added | steveOw | Thanks for pointing out the meaning of $k$ and the omission of $(1-e^2)$. I see $e$ appearing in $dL_o/dt = (1/2)e^2.n^3a^2/c^2$ near bottom of Oppenheim page 22. $e$ also appears in $d\varpi/dt$ page 27 (von Clausius). But these are not in the expected form $1/(1-e^2)$, as you point out. | |
| Nov 12, 2014 at 7:26 | history | answered | Stan Liou | CC BY-SA 3.0 |