Article ID: CBB000038939

Clairaut's calculation of the 18th-century return of Halley's comet (1993)

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Authors & Contributors
Waff, Craig B.
Taton, René
Greenberg, John L.
Ferlin, Fabrice
Thierry Belleguic
Hughes, D. W.
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Vistas in Astronomy
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
International Halley Watch Newsletter
Publishers
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Hermann
Geest & Portig
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Mechanics
Mathematics
Astronomy
Physics
Optics
People
Clairaut, Alexis Claude
Alembert, Jean le Rond d'
Euler, Leonhard
Lagrange, Joseph Louis
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise
Newton, Isaac
Time Periods
18th century
Enlightenment
Renaissance
19th century
17th century
16th century
Places
France
Europe
Paris (France)
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