Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 2006
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2005: PAST MEETS PRESENT IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS. Proceedings of the 15th Portuguese National Meeting. Held 28-30 July 200
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
In 1797, under von Zach sponsoring, Wilhelm Olbers published his work on the determination of the parabolic orbits of the comets - "Abhandlung tiber die leichteste und bequemste Methode, die Bahn eines Cometen aus einigen Beobachtungen zu berechnen von Wilhelm Olbers". Over the next century, this method would become the main tool to determine comets' parabolic orbits. Two years later, in 1799, an article of Monteiro da Rocha entitled "Determinação das Orbitas dos Cometas" is published in Memórias da Academia Real das Ciências de Lisboa. This study publishes a method to solve the problem of the determination of comets' orbits very similar with the one proposed by Olbers. In the current article we intend to provide some information about the method of Monteiro da Rocha, which in fact was formerly formulated circa 16-17 years in advance to Olbers method, and to present the results of the quantitative side-by-side comparison of methods.
Fernandes Joao
Figueiredo Fernando B.
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