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A brief summary of the development of the theory of motion of the Galilean satellites is presented. Over 7700 eclipse observations have been collected and reduced using the Ephemeris E-2. They are of great potential in improving the ephemerides of the satellites and can yield important information on the evolution of the Galilean system.
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Proceedings of the Conference on ‘Analytical Methods and Ephemerides: Theory and Observations of the Moon and Planets’. Facultés universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium, 28–31 July, 1980
Presently a recipient of the Humboldt Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut in Heidelberg and on leave from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Lieske, J.H. Early eclipses of the Galilean satellites. Celestial Mechanics 26, 257–263 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01230720
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