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Jupiter-Saturn Inequality

France · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1797

Pierre-Simon Laplace1797

Paris · Science / Astronomy

Explains the long-period inequality in the motions of Jupiter and Saturn through gravitational perturbations.

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Pierre-Simon Laplace

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