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RefNoAP/16/3
Previous numbersAP.16.3
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'An inquiry into the cause of the lunar librations and the reality of its motion about its centre of gravity or axis - in which it will appear that this rotary motion of the moon is entirely imaginary and that the librations of the moon have never been explained' by unknown author
Date1835
DescriptionA theoretical paper proposing that the moon has no rotation about any axis through its own centre of gravity.

Subject: Astronomy
Extent43p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8383Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer1625 - 1712
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