Kirkwood, Daniel (1814-95)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3772. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Astronomer and mathematician, born in Harford, MD, became professor of mathematics at Delaware and at Indiana. He explained the structure of the distribution of asteroids in the asteroid belt as a result of the influence of Jupiter. If an asteroid resonates with Jupiter, i.e. has an orbital period that is a simple fraction (1/2, 2/3, …) of the period of Jupiter, the repeated perturbation over tim...

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