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ERIC Number: EJ449124
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-1048-8820
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Catch as Catch Can: The History of the Theory of Gravitational Capture.
Osipov, Y.
Quantum, v2 n3 p38-43 Jan-Feb 1992
Traces cosmogonic history of solar system from Laplace's hypothesis of revolving gas nebulae, to Newton's two-body problem with its mathematical impossibility of gravitational capture, to the isosceles three-body problem of Schmidt and Sitnikov with its notion of partial capture, and finally to the total capture model of Alexeyev verified by the capture of comet Kwerns-Kwee by the planet Jupiter. (JJK)
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Gravity (Physics), Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Mechanics (Physics), Physics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Students; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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