Elias von Löwen (Crätschmair): An unrecognized pioneer of the research on optical libration of the Moon
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DOI: 10.1177/00218286241240072
Abstract: Johannes Hevelius is credited with being the first astronomer to systematically describe the optical libration of the Moon in his Selenographia (1647) and to present a quantitative model of the phenomenon in De motu Lunae… read more here.
Keywords: libration; libration moon; elias von; optical libration ... See more keywords