Wilhelm, Isaac (2016) Chaos Regained: On the Possibility of a New Era of Orbital Dynamics. [Preprint]

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In this paper I explore how the nature, scope, and limits of the knowledge obtained in orbital dynamics—the science concerned with the motions of bodies in the solar system—has changed in recent years. Innovations in the design of spacecraft trajectories, as well as in astronomy, have led to a new hybrid of theory and experiment, and suggest that the kind of knowledge achieved in orbital dynamics today is dramatically different from the knowledge achieved prior to those innovations. Thus, orbital dynamics may have entered a new era.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Wilhelm, Isaac isaac.wilhelm@rutgers.edu
Keywords:	Philosophy of Science, history of science, astronomy, orbital dynamics, Newton, Poincaré, spacecraft engineering
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Theory/Observation
Depositing User:	Isaac Wilhelm
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2016 21:12
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2016 21:12
Item ID:	12208
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Theory/Observation
Date:	17 June 2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12208

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