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Mathematical Astronomy Morsels By Jean Meeus,6. NEW! see also by Jean Meeus More Mathematical. Astronomy Morsels,Mathematical. Astronomy Morsels III, Mathematical Astronomy Morsels IV,and Mathematical Astronomy Morsels V. From The Foreword Every time two full moons occur in the same month, pundits in the media take note.
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They explain that, according to folklore, the rare second one is called a blue moon—whence the saying, “once in a blue moon.” However, they have got it backwards, says Philip Hiscock of the Folklore and Language Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland. The fabled blue moon, meaning any rare or unusual occurrence, dates back at least 1. English language. The link to lunar phases in a calendar month is quite recent.
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Hiscock traces it to an obscure children's book published in 1. Trivial Pursuit! Meanwhile, hardly a week goes by in the Internet's astronomy areas without a total novice dropping in to ask, “What about the alignment of planets coming in May of the year 2. Are we in danger of a tidal wave or a massive earthquake?” A replay seems brewing of the public alarm over the supposed syzygy of 1. March 1. 0, widely touted as something that occurs once every 1. Pop- culture obsessions like these do not originate in the magazines for amateur astronomers, let alone in scientific journals or textbooks. But they say something important about our society.
Here we have naive but sincere people, whose astronomical curiosity has been stirred for perhaps the first time in their lives. Their interest will soon wane unless a teacher, commentator, or writer they respect can step in with a meaningful response. Even worse, their end- of- the- world fears may escalate.
Jean Meeus's latest book explores the frequency of blue moons, planetary groupings, and a great deal more, as only this master of astronomical calculations could. He predicted the May 2. Sky & Telescope magazine in December 1. He has brought together these and other tidbits from his voluminous writings, spanning nearly half a century, on every sort of celestial configuration, cycle, and curiosity. His wide following in America can now enjoy these penetrating analyses, many of which originally appeared only in Europe. The collection is much more than mere anthology.
Each conclusion has been checked, and virtually every numerical result calculated afresh, with all the rigor we have come to expect. This Belgian astronomer is particularly attracted to the rarest of all celestial occurrences—things almost impossible to find by paging through almanacs or scrolling through time with a computer's planetarium program.
For example, he investigates how often a bright star or planet is occulted by the moon during a total lunar eclipse. He looks at how many times per century Jupiter can appear "without a visible moon," all the Galilean satellites being either in front of the disk, behind it, or in eclipse. He goes on to examine another elusive event, one that the English amateur Horace Dall was lucky enough to photograph with his 1. April 2. 1: the shadow of not one, not two, but three satellites crossing Jupiter's disk at once!
This book lists the occasions when we, too, can hope to witness something similar during our lifetimes. The detection of patterns and cycles is a theme pursued throughout. Most readers have probably heard about the Saros in connection with solar eclipses, or the eight- year cycle of Venus risings that is a cornerstone of the Maya calendar. But here we find evidence for the half Saros (about 3. Sar. A mysterious 5.
It is so long a span that a few writers have fallen into a statistical trap. Using data for the entire 2. Wrong! As Jean Meeus demonstrates with his beautiful diagram of eclipse clumps (page 1. Many celestial cycles are fleeting, destined to fade away after a few iterations as others overlap them or start up afresh. It is a fallacy to think that you can recreate planetary motions for many years by spinning back or fast- forwarding a planetarium projector. Only someone with a profound grasp of astronomical motions and relationships could have produced an authoritative book like this.
Some readers will see here an antidote to the claims of astrology. Others will gain a deep insight into the misuse of statistics, especially in such areas as the sunspot cycle and its relation to weather on Earth.
But all of us can acquire plenty of ammunition to settle bets at star parties, test computer programs, and amaze our friends (or an astronomy professor) with some little- known surprises about the sky and calendar. So why exactly does Christmas fall more often on a Tuesday than on a Monday?
How many centuries will elapse before 1. Easters occur in April? What is the reason that total solar eclipses are more common for observers in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern?
Turn these pages, and you'll find out! Roger W. Sinnott. Senior Editor, Sky & Telescope magazine Table of Contents Notes on Dates and Time Reckoning THE MOON1. The Instantaneous Lunar Orbit. The Extreme Values of the Distance of the Moon to the Earth. The Distribution of the Moon's Perigee and Apogree Distances. What is the Mean Value of the Earth- Moon Distance?
Extreme Declinations of the Moon. The Librations of the Moon. Months With Five Lunar Phases ECLIPSES AND OCCULTATIONS 8. The Number of Eclipses in a Year. Solar Eclipses: Some Periodicities. Curious and Interesting Facts About Solar Eclipses. Regions of Visibility of Solar Eclipses.
When is the Northern Limit the Southern One? The Frequency of Total and Annular Solar Eclipses for a Given Place. Total and Annular Solar Eclipses in Close Succession at a Given Place. Nearly- Zenithal Central Solar Eclipses. Curious and Interesting Facts About Lunar Eclipses. Total Penumbral Lunar Eclipses.
The Half- Saros. 19. Series of Occultations. Occultations of Bright Stars by the Moon. Series of Occultations of Saturn. Occultations of Bright Stars by the Eclipsed Moon. Occultations of Planets by the Eclipsed Moon. Occultations of Planets by the Eclipsed Sun.
Occultations of Bright Stars by Planets. PLANETARY MOTIONS 2. The Barycenter of the Solar System. On the Passages of Earth in Perihelion. Periheloids and Apheloids.
A Periodicity of 1. Years? 3. 0. Planetary Quadrants and Planetary Sectors.
How Often are the Planets Aligned? On `Remarkable' relations between the Mean Motions of the Planets. Ceres and Pallas, and Other Couples.
Seneca, Orthos, and Quetzalcoatl. Defining Asteroids of the Apollo and Amor Types. The Periodic Comet Encke and Jupiter. The Orbital inclinations of the Four Galilean Satellites. PLANETARY PHENOMENA 3. Planetary Motions: Approximate Periodicities. Opposition Loops.
Opposition Places. Triple Conjunctions. Planetary Groupings. Periodicities in the Phenomena of the Satellites of Jupiter. Jupiter and Triple Shadow Phenomena. Jupiter Without Satellites.
ON THE CELESTIAL SPHERE4. Heliacal Rising and Settings. The Positions of Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Ceres at their Discovery Dates. Ecliptic and Galactic Equator. The Equinoctial and Solstitial Points and the Constellations. The Declination of Polaris. Alpha is Not Always the Brightest.
STATISTICS, ETC. 5. The Mean Frequency, Yes, but. Statistics: Danger!
Sunspots and the Weather. Solar Activity and the Brightness of Lunar Eclipses. VARIA 5. 6. The Equation of Time. About the Equinoxes and the Solstices. The Weekday of Christmas Day.
The Distribution of Easter Sundays. The Date of Easter - Some Interesting Data. Rounding Numbers.
Predicting Sunspot Activity INDEXAbout The Author. Jean Meeus, born in 1. University of Louvain (Leuven) in Belgium, where he received the Degree of Licentiate in 1. From them until his retirement in 1. Brussels Airport. His special interest is spherical and mathematical astronomy.
He is a member of several astronomical associations and the author of many scientific papers. He is co- author of Canon of Solar Eclipses (1. Canon of Lunar Eclipses (1.
Canon of Solar Eclipses (1. His Astronomical Formulae for Calculators (1.
Further works, published by Willmann- Bell, Inc., are Elements of Solar Eclipses 1. Transits (1. 98. 9), Astronomical Algorithms (1. Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (1.
More Mathematical Astronomy Morsels (2. For his numerous contributions to astronomy the International Astronomical Union announced in 1. Meeus in his honor.