Article ID: CBB000500500

Halley's Method for Calculating the Earth-Sun Distance (2005)

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Authors & Contributors
Kragh, Helge S.
Hoskin, Michael A.
van der Sluys, Marc
Dora Musielak
Willmoth, Frances
Verbunt, Frank
Concepts
Astronomy
Solar system; planets
Telescopes
Celestial mechanics
Venus
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
Modern
20th century
14th century
Places
Great Britain
British Isles
Bath (England)
London (England)
Russia
France
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Observatoire de Paris
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