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A user with 858 edits. Account created on 15 January 2008.
4 May 2023
- 23:4923:49, 4 May 2023 diff hist +135 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Development Ephemeris corrections of terminology and of a mistake (JPL now uses (IAU-2006-redefined) TDB not TCB)
- 13:5913:59, 4 May 2023 diff hist +324 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Development Ephemeris →History: amended to correct and identify which JPL DE ephemerides were in use in Astronomical Almanacs when, with reference link to hathitrust catalog page that accesses all of the relevant volumes.
29 October 2022
- 13:3313:33, 29 October 2022 diff hist +1,299 Talk:List of German expressions in English suggests scope of article need not be restricted to German noun-borrowings, there are other borrowed forms as well
20 September 2022
- 00:3300:33, 20 September 2022 diff hist −47 Robert Hooke →Gravitation: A 'citation needed' tag is applied in place of a reference (Birch, 1756) that does not actually contain or support the article-statement that relied on it.
11 June 2022
- 21:0921:09, 11 June 2022 diff hist +494 Talk:Up to →Intro needs de-blatherifying: Reply agreeing with a previous commenter and asking for means of clarification Tag: Reply
21 May 2022
- 01:1401:14, 21 May 2022 diff hist +327 Talk:François Viète →translation of Jean Dhombres: comment added by way of reply, and appeal to anyone who knows what was the source of the translation, to supplement the (now-dead) hyperlink..
- 01:0601:06, 21 May 2022 diff hist +337 Talk:François Viète →Houston, we have a problem...: Reply Tag: Reply
30 April 2020
- 21:4721:47, 30 April 2020 diff hist +113 Talk:Epact →'Computistical' - What does this mean?: corss-reference already in the article pointed out.
29 December 2017
- 22:3422:34, 29 December 2017 diff hist +392 Astronomia nova added further explanation of the roots present in the title-word 'aitiologetos', 'aitia' (cause) and 'logos' (reason)
- 21:4321:43, 29 December 2017 diff hist 0 m History of trigonometry →European mathematics: corrected spelling of book title
12 December 2016
- 20:4820:48, 12 December 2016 diff hist +39 Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Science →Fields/disciplines: deserves inclusion: plenty of WP articles fall within this field
- 20:3620:36, 12 December 2016 diff hist +55 Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica →Book 3, De mundi systemate: corrects slips of numbering in reference, and labels x-ref more clearly
- 20:1620:16, 12 December 2016 diff hist +38 Tide-Predicting Machine No. 2 add cross-reference to not-previously-referenced existing article about this and other tide-predicting machines and their origins
6 December 2016
- 20:4320:43, 6 December 2016 diff hist −16 Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica →Book 3, De mundi systemate: change in cross-ref to get back to the diagram (moved within WP) that really illustrates the Newton statement under discussion here.
27 October 2015
- 19:4619:46, 27 October 2015 diff hist +376 User talk:Federico Leva (BEIC) new message
- 19:1519:15, 27 October 2015 diff hist +1 m Talk:Terrestrial Time →Relativistic relationship
- 19:0719:07, 27 October 2015 diff hist +2,434 Talk:Terrestrial Time →Relativistic relationship: proposed edit discussed
- 18:0918:09, 27 October 2015 diff hist +5 Terrestrial Time →Current definition: minor clarify & edit x-refs for Julian date, epoch
- 17:5117:51, 27 October 2015 diff hist +1 Terrestrial Time →Approximation: updated example of deltaT value and source access date
- 17:3617:36, 27 October 2015 diff hist +17 Barycentric Dynamical Time →History: converted reference from disambig page to (intended) substantive page: thanks to the bot for noticing and telling me
21 October 2015
- 19:0619:06, 21 October 2015 diff hist +230 Ephemeris time supplementary to clarify today's earlier amt
- 18:5018:50, 21 October 2015 diff hist +1,000 Barycentric Dynamical Time To clarify (+ updating citations) statements incl. those about the relation between TDB as redefined by IAU 2006 resolution 3, and the JPL ephemeris time scale Teph, and to replace a dead link.
- 16:5116:51, 21 October 2015 diff hist +680 Ephemeris time →JPL ephemeris time argument Teph: added ref with citation to relation between Teph and the 2006-redefined IAU standard for TDB.
- 16:0416:04, 21 October 2015 diff hist 0 Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Moon task force/Members edited my personal entry, shortening description of interests
- 15:4115:41, 21 October 2015 diff hist 0 Template:Time measurement and standards Moved Barycentric Dynamical Time (TDB) from obsolete to current, see its article for citations showing it was redefined (made current) by the IAU in 2006.
19 November 2011
- 17:1217:12, 19 November 2011 diff hist +26 User:Terry0051 (add userbox) current
24 February 2011
- 00:1700:17, 24 February 2011 diff hist +1,423 Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy "Van Allen radiation belt" -- a Wikipedia horror tale ? lots more bad edits where that came from, I'm afraid
11 February 2011
- 21:5221:52, 11 February 2011 diff hist −17 Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Moon task force/Members to unstrikeout my name
25 August 2010
- 10:0310:03, 25 August 2010 diff hist +1,979 Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Pending changes reviewer/Historical No edit summary
10 August 2010
- 12:2212:22, 10 August 2010 diff hist +57 Hypotheses non fingo added alternative translation 'contrive' for 'fingo', as per recent useful discussion on 'Principia' talk page
- 11:5911:59, 10 August 2010 diff hist +556 Talk:Criticism of patents →Merge proposal: Patentleft: (oppose)
- 11:3911:39, 10 August 2010 diff hist +427 User talk:Charles Matthews →Cambridge meetup: new section
14 May 2010
- 17:3117:31, 14 May 2010 diff hist +1,740 John Couch Adams correct facts (adding citations) about secular acceleration
13 May 2010
- 20:2320:23, 13 May 2010 diff hist +146 User talk:Charles Matthews →Meetup: new section
- 20:2120:21, 13 May 2010 diff hist +256 Jeremiah Horrocks get text into line with content of citations (it previously said more than was supported)
28 March 2010
- 00:2900:29, 28 March 2010 diff hist +1,677 Talk:Epact →definition of epacts: proposal discussed
27 March 2010
6 February 2010
- 15:1915:19, 6 February 2010 diff hist +1,555 Talk:Kepler's laws of planetary motion →Relations now known as Kepler's laws: problems over accuracy: further discussed
- 14:5514:55, 6 February 2010 diff hist +3,594 Pierre-Simon Laplace →Lunar inequalities: (add sources & expln)
- 14:3714:37, 6 February 2010 diff hist +78 Pierre-Simon Laplace →Jupiter-Saturn great inequality: (tidyup prev edit)
- 14:3014:30, 6 February 2010 diff hist +1,080 Pierre-Simon Laplace (added explanatory material for Ju-Sn inequality + citation-point)
- 11:1211:12, 6 February 2010 diff hist +1,179 Talk:Kepler's laws of planetary motion →Relations now known as Kepler's laws: problems over accuracy: further discussed
5 February 2010
- 20:1920:19, 5 February 2010 diff hist +1,244 Talk:Kepler's laws of planetary motion →Relations now known as Kepler's laws: problems over accuracy: further discussion
- 20:1920:19, 5 February 2010 diff hist +999 Kepler's laws of planetary motion shorten intro & re-separate material into history section, as per talk page + a few explanatory edits
- 18:0218:02, 5 February 2010 diff hist +1,857 Mean longitude (some cleanup, + added expln & links)
- 18:0218:02, 5 February 2010 diff hist +134 Osculating orbit (correction of earlier edit)
- 10:2710:27, 5 February 2010 diff hist +37 Osculating orbit (addnl cleanup point)
- 10:2110:21, 5 February 2010 diff hist +844 Osculating orbit (some cleanup)
4 February 2010
- 22:1722:17, 4 February 2010 diff hist +918 Patent →Criticism: citation added documenting concerns about balance and over-reach
- 20:5620:56, 4 February 2010 diff hist +543 Talk:Kepler's laws of planetary motion →Relations now known as Kepler's laws: problems over accuracy: clarification
