Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Numerical isolation of flaws in the lunar theory

  • Published:
Celestial mechanics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The general concept of a numerical study of the lunar motion is examined and a particular case is discussed in greater detail than was possible in an earlier paper. Particular emphasis is placed upon the distinction to be made between model inadequacies and numerical artifacts, since either type of problem may be present in a given study, but the sensitivity to one or the other depends on the methodology used.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Clarke, V. C. Jr.: 1964,AIAA J. 2, 363.

    Google Scholar 

  • Devine, C. J.: 1967, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Report 32-1181.

  • Duncombe, R. L.: 1958,Astron. Papers Am. Ephem. 14, I, U.S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington.

    Google Scholar 

  • Garthwaite, K., Holdridge, D. B., and Mulholland, J. D.: 1970,Astron. J. 75, 1133.

    Google Scholar 

  • Griffith, J. S.: 1971,Celest. Mech. 4, 54.

    Google Scholar 

  • Melbourne, W. G., Mulholland, J. D., Sjogren, W. L., and Sturms, F. M. Jr.: 1968, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Report 32-1306.

  • Melbourne, W. G. and O'Handley D. A.: 1968, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Space Programs Summary 37–51 (III), 4.

  • Mulholland, J. D.: 1967, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Space Programs Summary 37–45 (IV), 17.

  • Mulholland, J. D.: 1968,Astron. J. 73, S194.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mulholland, J. D.: 1969,Nature 223, 247.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mulholland, J. D. and Devine, C. J.: 1968,Science 160, 874.

    Google Scholar 

  • Van Flandern, T. C. and Mulholland, J. D.: 1972,Comparison of Numerical and Numerical and Analytic Theories of the Motion of the Moon, in preparation.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. McDonald Observatory and Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tex., USA

    J. Derral Mulholland

Authors
  1. J. Derral Mulholland
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Mulholland, J.D. Numerical isolation of flaws in the lunar theory. Celestial Mechanics 6, 242–246 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01227786

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01227786

Keywords

Search

Navigation