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Planetary Figure

Planetary Figure is a geodetic construct that represents the geometric shape of a planetary body, distinguished by its derivation from the equilibrium between gravitational and rotational forces acting on the body.

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Publications

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Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians.

J. B. Harley, Jeffrey Burton Russell · The William and Mary Quarterly · 1992 · 137 citations

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The theory of the Figure of the Earth carried to the second order of small quantities

George Howard Darwin · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1899 · 77 citations · Full text

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Saturn and His Anses

Albert Van Helden · Journal for the History of Astronomy · 1974 · 77 citations

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THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH

E. C. · Geophysical Journal International · 1948 · 43 citations · Full text

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The Figure of the Earth in Isidore's "De natura rerum"

Wesley M. Stevens · Isis · 1980 · 41 citations

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Authors

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  1. WM
    Wesley M. Stevens

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  2. CD
    Chunli Dai

    The Ohio State University, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  3. HJ
    H. J. Axon

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  4. IW
    I. Wytrzyszczakz

    Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, France

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. JB
    J. B. Harley

    University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, United States

    1 publications · 137 citations

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Institutions

12

  1. Trinity College

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  3. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

    Poznan, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  4. Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics

    Wuhan, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  5. Royal Astronomical Society

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  6. Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur

    Nice, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  7. Lehigh University

    Bethlehem, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  8. Observatoire de Paris

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal for the History of Astronomy

    JHA · 2 publications · 99 citations

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  2. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  3. The William and Mary Quarterly

    1 publications · 137 citations

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  4. Journal of Geodetic Science

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. Physics Bulletin

    1 publications · 34 citations

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