Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes

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Recio, Gonzalo Luis
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2025
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In Astronomia Danica, Longomontanus provides a method for calculating the terrestrial longitude for a given location on Earth. To do so, he relies on precise calculations of the lunar position so that he can know when he is observing it without any parallax in longitude. As I will show, this method has a fatal flaw that renders it unusable. However, Longomontanus also provides a simple observational method that indicates, via the disposition of the lunar spot and/or horns, the time when the Moon shows no parallax in longitude. This last method, though it does not need any use of tables, also has some problems. In this paper I will explain in detail these methods provided by Longomontanus, together with the problems they carry.
Fil: Recio, Gonzalo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; Argentina
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LONGOMONTANUS
ASTRONOMIA DANICA
PROBLEMA DE LA LONGITUD
TEORÍA LUNAR
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spelling Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudesRecio, Gonzalo LuisLONGOMONTANUSASTRONOMIA DANICAPROBLEMA DE LA LONGITUDTEORÍA LUNARhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6In Astronomia Danica, Longomontanus provides a method for calculating the terrestrial longitude for a given location on Earth. To do so, he relies on precise calculations of the lunar position so that he can know when he is observing it without any parallax in longitude. As I will show, this method has a fatal flaw that renders it unusable. However, Longomontanus also provides a simple observational method that indicates, via the disposition of the lunar spot and/or horns, the time when the Moon shows no parallax in longitude. This last method, though it does not need any use of tables, also has some problems. In this paper I will explain in detail these methods provided by Longomontanus, together with the problems they carry.Fil: Recio, Gonzalo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; ArgentinaMuseo Galileo2025-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/276101Recio, Gonzalo Luis; Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes; Museo Galileo; Galilaeana; 22; 1; 4-2025; 3-221825-3903CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://gal-studies.museogalileo.it/index.php/galilaeana/article/view/56info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.57617/gal-56info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-12-23T14:28:32Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/276101instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-12-23 14:28:32.617CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes
title Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes
spellingShingle Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes
Recio, Gonzalo Luis
LONGOMONTANUS
ASTRONOMIA DANICA
PROBLEMA DE LA LONGITUD
TEORÍA LUNAR
title_short Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes
title_full Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes
title_fullStr Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes
title_full_unstemmed Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes
title_sort Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Recio, Gonzalo Luis
author Recio, Gonzalo Luis
author_facet Recio, Gonzalo Luis
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv LONGOMONTANUS
ASTRONOMIA DANICA
PROBLEMA DE LA LONGITUD
TEORÍA LUNAR
topic LONGOMONTANUS
ASTRONOMIA DANICA
PROBLEMA DE LA LONGITUD
TEORÍA LUNAR
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In Astronomia Danica, Longomontanus provides a method for calculating the terrestrial longitude for a given location on Earth. To do so, he relies on precise calculations of the lunar position so that he can know when he is observing it without any parallax in longitude. As I will show, this method has a fatal flaw that renders it unusable. However, Longomontanus also provides a simple observational method that indicates, via the disposition of the lunar spot and/or horns, the time when the Moon shows no parallax in longitude. This last method, though it does not need any use of tables, also has some problems. In this paper I will explain in detail these methods provided by Longomontanus, together with the problems they carry.
Fil: Recio, Gonzalo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; Argentina
description In Astronomia Danica, Longomontanus provides a method for calculating the terrestrial longitude for a given location on Earth. To do so, he relies on precise calculations of the lunar position so that he can know when he is observing it without any parallax in longitude. As I will show, this method has a fatal flaw that renders it unusable. However, Longomontanus also provides a simple observational method that indicates, via the disposition of the lunar spot and/or horns, the time when the Moon shows no parallax in longitude. This last method, though it does not need any use of tables, also has some problems. In this paper I will explain in detail these methods provided by Longomontanus, together with the problems they carry.
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Recio, Gonzalo Luis; Longomontanus’ De maculis in Luna and the determination of terrestrial longitudes; Museo Galileo; Galilaeana; 22; 1; 4-2025; 3-22
1825-3903
CONICET Digital
CONICET
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