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orbital-mechanics

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• Moore, Smith & Mertens (2026) construct an orbit family that satisfies Kepler's second law about one point and an exact Ptolemaic equant about a different point simultaneously
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-10-10 · physics, history-of-science, astronomy, kepler, ptolemy
• Kepler's 1609 Astronomia Nova records his frustration at the oval orbit's quadrature and his explicit rejection of a near-elliptical 'puffy-cheeked' orbit (the via buccosa)
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-10-10 · physics, history-of-science, astronomy, kepler, astronomia-nova
• Astronomia Ova: Kepler's Laws, Ptolemy's Equant, and Legendre's Polynomials (arXiv:2610.05358)
  capture promoted Tier 1 2026-10-06 · physics, history-of-science, astronomy, kepler, ptolemy