Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991amjph..59...42g&link_type=abstract
American Journal of Physics, Volume 59, Issue 1, pp. 42-48 (1991).
Physics
History Of Science, Celestial Mechanics
Scientific paper
Isaac Newton introduced his theory of gravitation in Book III of the Principia. To demonstrate the power of his new theory, Newton for the first time calculated the mass, surface gravity, and density of Jupiter, Saturn, and the Earth (relative to the Sun). In the final printing of the Principia, an error appears in Newton's calculation of the mass of the Earth and its origin is traced. In the course of reconstructing the source of the error, several other minor inconsistencies are resolved.
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Susan Greenberg
Newton used such approximations at other places as well, of which the author doesn't seem to know. It is just a trifle. Low level work, blessed by the past nobelists crowd.
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