Author:Tom Van Flandern

Reports

 * U.S. Naval Observatory Circular 96 (May 15, 1964): R. L. Duncombe, W. J. Klepczynski, T. van Flandern, Geocentric distance and velocity of Venus 1961-1970
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Circular 153 (October 27, 1975): James A. Hughes, Peter Espenschied, Dennis McCarthy, David K. Scott, Thomas C. van Flandern, Coordinates of U.S. Naval Observatory installations

Unpublished papers

 * Only articles cited in academic works should be listed here


 * Alley, CO and T. Van Flandern, Absolute GPS to better than one meter (1998)

Journal articles

 * 04/1966 van Flandern, Thomas C. R.A.S.C. Papers- The Observation of Extreme Grazing Occultations
 * 04/1967 Szebehely, Victor; van Flandern, T. A family of retrograde orbits around the triangular equilibrium points
 * 00/1967 van Flandern, Thomas C. Preliminary Report on a Lunar Latitude Fluctuation.
 * 00/1968 van Flandern, T. C. Analytical Partial Derivatives for the Moon's Mean Elements.
 * 12/1969 Bixby, Joan E.; van Flandern, Thomas C. The Diameter of Neptune
 * 09/1969 van Flandern, Thomas C. A Discussion of 1950-1968 Occultations of Stars by the Moon
 * 00/1969 van Flandern, Thomas C. Corrections to the Improved Lunar Ephemeris
 * 00/1969 Eckert, W. J.; van Flandern, T. C.; Wilkins, G. A. A note on the evaluation of the latitude of the Moon
 * 00/1969 van Flandern, Thomas Charles A Discussion of 1950-1968 Occultations of Stars by the Moon.
 * 06/1970 van Flandern, Thomas C. The Secular Acceleration of the Moon
 * 08/1970 van Flandern, Thomas C. Some Notes on the Use of the Watts Limb-Correction Charts
 * 09/1970 van Flandern, Thomas C.; Dunham, David E.; Bixby, Joan E. Observations of a Solar Eclipse from near the Path Edge.
 * 02/1971 van Flandern, Thomas C. Lunar Ephemeris and Astrometric Corrections from Occultations
 * 06/1971 van Flandern, T. C. Astrometric Results from the Beta Scorpii Occultation.
 * 09/1971 van Flandern, Thomas C. The Beta Scorpii System.
 * 00/1971 van Flandern, T. C. Notes on Eqninox Motion and Corrections to Precession
 * 02/1972 Hubbard, W. B.; van Flandern, T. C. The Occultation of Beta Scorpii by Jupiter and Io. III. Astrometry
 * 08/1972 O'Leary, Brian; van Flandern, Thomas C. Io's triaxial figure
 * 00/1974 van Flandern, T. C. Total Asteroid Mass from Comet Perturbations
 * 06/1974 van Flandern, T. C. The Rate of Change of G as Determined from Lunar Occultations.
 * 09/1974 van Flandern, T. C. An Investigation of Possible Systematic Error in the Observed Rate of Change of G.
 * 09/1974 Harrington, R. S.; van Flandern, T. C.
 * 08/1975 van Flandern, T. C.; Espenschied, P. Lunar occultations of beta Scorpii in 1975 and 1976
 * 12/1975 Palmieri, T. M.; Seward, F. D.; Toor, A.; van Flandern, T. C. Spatial distribution of X-rays in the Crab Nebula
 * 06/1975 van Flandern, T. C. The Asteroidal Planet as the Origin of Comets.
 * 02/1975 van Flandern, T. C. A determination of the rate of change of G
 * 00/1975 Duncombe, R. L.; Seidelmann, P. K.; van Flandern, T. C. Celestial reference systems derivable from solar system dynamics
 * 04/1976 Duncombe, R. L.; van Flandern, T. C. Secular variation of the obliquity of the ecliptic
 * 06/1976 van Flandern, T. C. A Former Major Planet of the Solar System
 * 06/1976 van Flandern, T. C. Note on the earth-figure perturbations in the lunar theory
 * 08/1976 van Flandern, T. C.; Harrington, R. S. A dynamical investigation of the conjecture that Mercury is an escaped satellite of Venus
 * 01/1977 Winkler, G. M. R.; van Flandern, T. C. Ephemeris Time, relativity, and the problem of uniform time in astronomy
 * 09/1977 van Flandern, T. C. A Former Major Planet of the Solar System.
 * 09/1977 Harrington, R. S.; van Flandern, T. C. A Dynamical Study of Escaped Satellites of Neptune.
 * 09/1977 Pulkkinen, K. F.; van Flandern, T. C. Planetary Positions and Lunar Elements Using an Algebraic Manipulator.
 * 00/1977 van Flandern, T. C. A former major planet of the solar system
 * 02/1977 Taylor, G. E.; Seidelmann, P. K.; van Flandern, T. C.; Marsden, B. G. Occultation of SAO 158687 by Uranus on 1977 March 10
 * 06/1978 van Flandern, T. C. Dynamical Features of Minor Planet Satellites.
 * 09/1978 van Flandern, T. C. Insights into the Nature of Comets from the Discovery of Minor lanet Satellites
 * 00/1978 van Flandern, T. C. The asteroidal planet as the origin of comets
 * 10/1978 van Flandern, T. C. A former asteroidal planet as the origin of comets
 * 00/1979 van Flandern, T. C. A Review of Dynamical Evidence Concerning a Former Asteroidal Planet
 * 07/1979 Harrington, R. S.; van Flandern, T. C. The satellites of Neptune and the origin of Pluto
 * 00/1979 van Flandern, T. C. On the Origin of the Satellites of Mars
 * 02/1979 van Flandern, T. C. New Saturnian satellites?
 * 03/1979 Binzel, R. P.; van Flandern, T. C. Minor planets - The discovery of minor satellites
 * 06/1979 van Flandern, T. C. Rings of Uranus - Invisible and impossible
 * Van Flandern T. C., Pulkkinen, K. F. (1979): "Low-Precision Formulae for Planetary Positions", 1979, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 41, pp. 391-411.
 * 09/1980 van Flandern, T. C.; Kaplan, G. H.; Pulkkinen, K. F.; Santoro, E. J.; Seidelmann, P. K. The Renewal of the Trans-Neptunian Planet Search
 * 07/1980 van Flandern, T. C. Satellites of Minor Planets: a New Frontier for Celestial Mechanics
 * 00/1980 McCarthy, D. D.; Seidelmann, P. K.; van Flandern, T. C. On the Adoption of Empirical Corrections to Woolard's Nutation Theory
 * 10/1980 Seidelmann, P. K.; Kaplan, G. H.; Pulkkiner, K. F.; Santoro, E. J.; van Flandern, T. C. Ephemeris of Pluto
 * 05/1980 van Flandern, T. C.; Pulkkinen, K. F. Book-Review - Low-Precision Formulae for Planetary Positions
 * 09/1981 van Flandern, T. C. Is the Gravitational Constant Changing
 * 03/1981 van Flandern, T. C.; Pulkkinen, K. F.; Ries, J.; Duncombe, R. L. The Period of Charon, Derived from the Observed Barycentric Motion of Pluto
 * 06/1981 van Flandern, T. Do Comets have Satellites?
 * 03/1981 van Flandern, T. C. Do Comets Have Satellites?
 * 03/1981 van Flandern, T. C.; Pulkkinen, K. F.; Santoro, E. J.; Seidelmann, P. K.; Harrington, R. S. Perturbations of a Trans-Neptunian Planet
 * 09/1981 van Flandern, T. C. Do comets have satellites
 * 00/1981 Seidelmann, P. K.; Kaplan, G. H.; van Flandern, T. C. New celestial reference system
 * 00/1981 Vanflandern, T. C. Minor Planet Satellites
 * 02/1982 van Flandern, T. C. Application of a New Algebraic Manipulator Theory
 * 00/1982 van Flandern, T. C. Is the Gravitational Constant Changing
 * 00/1982 van Flandern, T. Where do Comets Come from
 * 00/1982 Anderson, J.; van Flandern, T. Does the Sun have a Dark Companion
 * 10/1983 Kondo, Y.; Wolff, C. L.; van Flandern, T. C. On the clock mechanism and the implausibility of the 35 day precessing disk in HZ Herculis/Hercules X-1
 * 06/1983 Dunham, D. W.; van Flandern, T. C.; Millis, R. L.; Chapman, C. R.; Maley, P. D.; Povenmire, H. The Size and Shape of (2) Pallas from its Occultation of 1 Vulpeculae on 1983 May 29
 * 00/1987 Williams, Carol A.; Wright, Edward A.; van Flandern, Thomas First order planetary perturbations with elliptic functions
 * 06/1990 van Flandern, T. The Origin of the Black Material on Solar System Moons
 * 09/1990 van Flandern, T. A Solution to the Galactic Rotation Riddle
 * 00/1990 van Flandern, T. C.; Pulkkinen, K. F. Low Precision Formulae for Planetary Positions
 * 00/1990 Vanflandern, Tom C. An alternative to the dirty snowball model of comets
 * 06/1991 van Flandern, T. The "Little Bang" as the Origin of Comets
 * 09/1991 van Flandern, T. The Case Against the Big Bang
 * 00/1991 van Flandern, T. C. Minor Satellites and the Gaspra Encounter
 * 10/1991 van Flandern, T. Planet-X
 * 12/1992 Vanflandern, Thomas C. Minor satellites and the Gaspra encounter
 * 06/1992 van Flandern, T. Status of the Planetary breakup theory for the origin of comets
 * 12/1993 van Flandern, T. Quasars: Near versus Far
 * 00/1993 van Flandern, T. The Meta Model: A New Deductive Cosmology from First Principles
 * 00/1996 van Flandern, Tom Possible new properties of gravity
 * 06/1996 van Flandern, T. Possible New Properties of Gravity
 * 02/1996 van Flandern, T. C. US Naval Observatory Pleiades Catalog (Van Flandern 1969)
 * 12/1997 van Flandern, T. New Evidence of an Artificial Origin for Cydonia on Mars
 * 09/1998 van Flandern, Tom The Speed of Gravity -- What the Experiments Say
 * 12/1998 van Flandern, T. The "Face on Mars" at Cydonia: Natural or Artificial?
 * 00/1998 van Flandern, Tom What the Global Positioning System Tells Us about Relativity
 * 00/2000 Lyytinen, Esko J.; Van Flandern, Tom Predicting the Strength of Leonid Outbursts
 * 10/2000 van Flandern, T. Book Review: Dark matter, missing planets & new comets : paradoxes resolved, origins illuminated / North Atlantic Books, 1999
 * 08/2001 Lyytinen, E.; Nissinen, M.; van Flandern, T. Improved 2001 Leonid Storm Predictions from a Refined Model
 * 05/2002 Van Flandern, T. The nature of near-Earth meteor streams from comets
 * 05/2002 Van Flandern, T. Artificial structures on Mars
 * 01/2003 van Flandern, T.; Yang, X. S., Allais gravity and pendulum effects during solar eclipses explained
 * 05/2004 Lyytinen, E.; van Flandern, T., Perseid one-revolution outburst in 2004

Book chapters

 * 00/1979 van Flandern, T. C.; Tedesco, E. F.; Binzel, R. P. Satellites of asteroids, in Asteroids. (A80-24551 08-91) Tucson, Ariz., University of Arizona Press, 1979, p. 443-465.
 * 00/2001 van Flandern, Tom Physics Has its Principles, in Asteroids. (A80-24551 08-91) Tucson, Ariz., University of Arizona Press, 1979 ISBN 0968368964
 * van Flandern, Global Positioning System and the twins' paradox, in Einstein, relativity and absolute simultaneity, William Lane Craig, Quentin Smith (eds.) Taylor & Francis, 2008. ISBN 0415701740

Books

 * 1993, Dark Matter, Missing Planets and New Comets: Paradoxes Resolved, Origins Illuminated. North Atlantic Books ISBN 1556432682

Works about Van Flandern

 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1963
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1967
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1969
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1970
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1972
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1975
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1976
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1980
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1981
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1982
 * U.S. Naval Observatory Report, 1983
 * Alan Boyle, First test of gravity’s speed upholds Einstein (2003)
 * Halton Arp, Obituary, Journal of Scientific Exploration, Volume 23, Issue 4, pp. 517-9, 2009