Simon Newcomb

Noun

Meaning

United States astronomer (1835-1909)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

newcomb

Examples

Simon Newcomb gave great weight to this method when deriving his widely accepted value of 8.80″ for the solar parallax (close to the modern value of main″), although Newcomb also used data from the transits of Venus. Source: Internet

His observations on eclipses were still used centuries later in Simon Newcomb 's investigations on the motion of the Moon, while his other observations inspired Laplace 's Obliquity of the Ecliptic and Inequalities of Jupiter and Saturn. Source: Internet

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