faraway (version 1.0.6)

manilius: Mayer's 1750 data on the Manilius crater on the moon

Description

In 1750, Tobias Mayer collected data on various landmarks on the moon in order to determine its orbit. The data involving the position of the Manilius crater resulted in a least squares like problem. The example is discussed in Steven Stigler's History of Statistics.

Usage

data(manilius)

source

Stigler, S. (1986) History of Statistics. Belknap Press, Harvard.

Details

See Stigler for a detailed description.

References

Mayer, T. (1750) Abhandlung uber die Umwaltzung des Monds um seine Axe und die scheinbare Bewegung der Mondsflecken published in the Kosmographische Nachrichten und Sammlungen auf das Jahr 1748. 52-183

Examples

data(manilius)