Lunar Tables and Programs from 4000 B.C. to A.D. 8000 [Paperback]

Michelle Chapront-Touze (Author), Jean Chapront (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: Willmann-Bell; 1st English ed edition (November 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943396336
• ISBN-13: 978-0943396330
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book is not as bad as the other review says it is., June 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lunar Tables and Programs from 4000 B.C. to A.D. 8000 (Paperback)

This book is, however, very technical. The tables I have looked at do make sense. The authors must have put a lot of effort into the writing of this book. The English seems okay and the programs look like they would work (although I have not tried them). As for the F-words, I haven't the foggiest idea what he is talking about.

By the way, the tables are of formulas for calculating the coordinates of the moon. The are no tables of tabulated moon coordinates (although the programs are suposed to be able to produce them for you). I should have known that you cannot put 16000 years of tables in one book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best algorithms for findig accurate lunar coordinates, January 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Lunar Tables and Programs from 4000 B.C. to A.D. 8000 (Paperback)

This book is excellent! It contains the best analytical algorithms for performing accurate calculations of the longitude, latitude and radius vector of the Moon as well as its orbital elements. And these tables and formulae are also easy to understand and employ. By using them I managed to write a program in a scientific pocket calculator that yields these lunar coordinates with great accuracy. And after that I also managed to effortlessly implement the book tables in an ordinary spreadshet program of my PC, yielding the same results.
There is also an abridged version of these lunar tables in chapter 47, pages 337-345 of Jean Meeus' Astronomical Algorithms, another outstandig book in the field of celestial mechanics I also own.
All in all,this book is a must for those serious about ephemeris calculations of the Moon.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best algorithms for findig accurate lunar coordinates, January 19, 2003

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This review is from: Lunar Tables and Programs from 4000 B.C. to A.D. 8000 (Paperback)

This book is excellent!It contains the best analytical algorithms for performing accurate calculations of the longitude, latitude and radius vector of the Moon as well as its orbital elements. And these tables and formulae are also easy to understand and employ. By using them I managed to write a program in a scientific pocket calculator that yields these lunar coordinates with great accuracy. And after that I also managed to effortlessly implement the book tables in an ordinary spreadshet program of my PC, yielding the same results.
There is also an abridged version of these lunar tables in chapter 47, pages 337-345 of Jean Meeus' Astronomical Algorithms, another outstandig book in the field of celestial mechanics I also own.
All in all,this book is a must for those serious about ephemeris calculations of the Moon.