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This is a historian's view of how modern astronomy data can be used to discuss the shifting historical worldview of Late Antiquity. In this article an attemp is made to construct an approximate model of how the cycles of astronomical…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-03-07 D. N. Starostin

Context. 65 UMa belongs to rather small group of stellar systems of higher multiplicity, whose inner and outer orbits are well-known. Methods: Photometric, spectroscopic, and interferometric data were analyzed, revealing the basic physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-04 P. Zasche , R. Uhlář , M. Šlechta , M. Wolf , P. Harmanec , J. A. Nemravová , D. Korčáková

It is customary to employ a semi-spherical scale model to describe the apparent path of the Sun across the sky, whether it be its diurnal motion or its variation throughout the year. A flat surface and three bent semi-rigid wires…

Popular Physics · Physics 2018-09-25 Alejandro Gangui , Roberto Casazza , Carlos Paez

We proposed an analytical model for the calculus of illumination time of the Earth for any time of year and any latitude, this model assumes the obliquity of the ecliptic as constant, the light beams as parallels, the Earth as spherical,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-15 Paco Talero , Fernanda Santana , César Mora

The interval approach to computation of dynamics of celestial bodies in the planetary problem has been considered. It is based on the refusal from idealization of infinitely high resolving capacity of measuring tools, and forms an…

Space Physics · Physics 2010-02-17 Valeriy V. Petrov

The relationship between mathematics and physics has long been an area of interest and speculation. Subscribing to the recent definition by Tegmark, we present a mathematical structure involving the only division rings - the real,…

General Physics · Physics 2009-08-17 Lester C. Welch

The satisfactory development of Quaternionic Analysis has indicated new solutions for physical and mathematical problems. It is worth mentioning the fact that quaternions possess four dimensions, and in this way they may be considered as…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-08-25 J. Marão

Globally disruptive events include asteroid/comet impacts, large igneous provinces and glaciations, all of which have been considered as contributors to mass extinctions. Understanding the overall relationship between the timings of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-15 Michael Gillman , Hilary Erenler

One source of beauty in mathematics is totally unexpected connections between two fundamentally different objects. For instance, is it not surprising that the time period of a real simple pendulum is linked with a function arising out of…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2018-08-07 Alok Shukla

Natural numbers divisible by the same prime factor lie on defined spiral graphs which are running through the Square Root Spiral (also named as the Spiral of Theodorus or Wurzel Spirale or Einstein Spiral). Prime Numbers also clearly…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2019-07-19 Harry K. Hahn , Kay Schoenberger

The four longest period Kuiper belt objects have orbital periods close to integer ratios with each other. A hypothetical planet with orbital period $\sim$17,117 years, semimajor axis $\sim$665 AU, would have N/1 and N/2 period ratios with…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-22 Renu Malhotra , Kathryn Volk , Xianyu Wang

In this paper we analyze, discuss and present the design of the Antikythera Mechanism s central front parts. Based on the aligned and of same scale visual images of Fragment C front/back face and the X-ray CT scacs, we designed and…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2025-05-14 Aristeidis Voulgaris , Christophoros Mouratidis , Andreas Vossinakis

The solar system and the hydrogen atom are two well known systems on different scales and look unrelated: The former is a classical system on the scale of about billions of kilometers and the latter a quantum system of about tens of…

General Physics · Physics 2014-05-08 Je-An Gu

The Earth itself is not stationary but keeps revolving, and its motion further satisfies the law of equal area according to the heliocentric doctrine. That satisfaction can be used to construct the mathematical relationships between the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2014-11-07 W. Y. Hsiang , H. C. Chang , H. Yao , P. S. Lee

We have found an empirical law for the variation of the length of the Earth's day with geologic time employing Wells's data. We attribute the lengthening of the Earth's day to the present cosmic expansion of the Universe. The prediction of…

General Physics · Physics 2008-11-21 Arbab I. Arbab

This work concerns how the three-dimensional polyhedral Mereon structure (the 120 polyhedron) is the precise projection from four-space of the 600-cell, an analogue in four-dimensional space of a regular solid. The 600-cell is made from 120…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Robert W. Gray , Lynnclaire Dennis , Louis H. Kauffman

If $P$ is a point inside $\triangle ABC$, then the cevians through $P$ divide $\triangle ABC$ into six small triangles. We give theorems about the relationships between the radii of the circumcircles of these triangles. We also state some…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2019-11-01 Stanley Rabinowitz

Solar quasi-biennial oscillations with period range 0.6 to 4 years, are prominent in records of solar activity. Here we show that the 1.6 year quasi-biennial oscillation in solar activity has the exceptional feature of phase inversion…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-27 Ian R. Edmonds

When the sequence of regular polygons with consecutively increasing numbers of sides is joined edge-to-edge in a single direction while minimizing bending, the resulting structure assumes the shape of a logarithmic spiral. This paper proves…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Juno Park

The 100,000-year problem concerns the dominant period of glacial-interglacial cycles over the past 800,000 years and their correlation with Earth's orbital eccentricity, despite eccentricity's weak influence on solar radiation. Two theories…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-15 Liam Wheen