Thomas Van Flandern Background

Thomas Van Flandern, PhD.
Expanded Background

Education

B.S. in Mathematics, June 1962, from Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Attended on General Motors scholarship, 1958-1962.
Graduate work in astronomy for one year at Georgetown University, Washington, DC 1962-1963, on a teaching fellowship.
Ph.D. in Astronomy from Yale University, New Haven, CT, June 1969, specializing in Celestial Mechanics. Dissertation: "A discussion of 1950-1968 occultations of stars by the Moon". Adviser: G.M. Clemence.

Experience

(reverse chronological order)

Sept. 1990 - Present: Founder and President, Meta Research, Inc., whose goal is to do astronomy research wherever promising avenues of advancement are blocked by funding authorities solely because the research results might conflict with an accepted paradigm. See web site at <http://metaresearch.org>, which also reprints several technical papers in the Bibliography.
Mar. 1992 - Present: Editor, Meta Research Bulletin.
Dec. 2002: Leader of expedition to Outback in South Australia to observe total solar eclipse of Dec. 4 about 600 km north of Adelaide.
Nov. 2002: Leader of expedition to North Carolina to observe last meteor storm event for a generation.
Nov. 2001: Leader of expedition to Guam to observe meteor storm event.
June 2001: Leader of expedition to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to observe the total solar eclipse of June 21 near Kariba.
June 2001: Appeared in televised video by Grizzly Adams Productions titled “Martian Civilizations – What’s Really on Mars”. This was aired as an episode of “Encounters with the Unexplained” on the PAX-TV network.
May 2001: Principal scientist at New Yorker Hotel press conference, “Artificial Structures on Mars”, in New York City. Conference was videotaped by Bill Cody under the title “Life on Mars? New Scientific Evidence”, which is sold nationally.
April 2001: Principal scientist at National Press Club press conference, “Artificial Structures on Mars”, with web simulcast, in Washington, DC.
May 1992 - July 2000: Research Associate, Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park; consultant on Global Positioning System dynamics.
Nov. 1999: Leader of expedition to Cyprus to observe first successfully predicted meteor storm (Leonids, peak rate of 4000 meteors per hour).
Aug. 1999: Leader of expedition to Istanbul, Turkey to observe the total solar eclipse of Aug. 11 near the Black Sea.
1993; 1999: Author of book "Dark Matter, Missing Planets and New Comets", published by North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, and its 2nd edition with four additional chapters released in 1999.
Feb. 1998: Leader of expedition cruise for 100 people to observe the total solar eclipse of Feb. 26 and explore five islands in the Galapagos, Ecuador.
Oct. 1997 - Oct. 1998: Contractor for Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD on Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver performance and the inclusion of relativity in the GPS.
Nov. 1994: Leader of expedition of 140 people to observe the total solar eclipse of Nov. 3 from the Atacama desert near Arica, Chile, on the southern edge of the eclipse path.
Sept. 1982 - Dec. 1991: President, VF Associates, Inc., manufacturing and retailing microcomputers in Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD.
July 1991: Leader of expedition of 300 people to observe the total solar eclipse of July 11 from near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on the southern edge of the eclipse path.
Feb. - April 1990: Taught on-line course, "Forward Thinking in Astronomy", on the CompuServe computer network.
Feb. 1963 - Dec. 1983: Research Astronomer, Nautical Almanac Office, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC. Title: Chief, Celestial Mechanics Branch.
Sept. 1981 - Jan. 1982: Teaching and research at University of South Florida, Tampa. Courses taught: "Contemporary Thinking in Astronomy" and "Computer Astronomy".
1979: Did several spots for the "Project Universe" series. These continue to air occasionally on public TV.
May - June 1979: Invited Guest Astronomer, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut and Max-Planck Institut fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg, West Germany.
Jan. - Apr. 1971: Consultant, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
Dec. 1961 - Aug. 1962: Lecturer for Planetarium, Museum of Natural History, Cincinnati, OH.
Summers, 1959 - 1962: Summer programmer for General Electric Corp., Evendale, OH; and for Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Honors/Awards

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May 1974: Second prize from Gravity Research Foundation, Gloucester, MA, for essay titled "A determination of the rate of change of G".
1974 - 1976: Elected to Council of American Astronomical Society's Division on Dynamical Astronomy.
Feb. 1976: Invited author of an article titled "Is Gravity Getting Weaker?" for Scientific American magazine.
Sept. 1975: Lecturer on "Time Systems" and "Solar System Ephemerides" for a course on Positional Astronomy at Naval Surface Weapons Center, Dahlgren, VA.
May 1978: Sydney S. Negus lectureship of the Virginia Academy of Sciences.
May - June 1979: Invited guest researcher and lecturer at Univ. of Newcastle, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Vienna Observatory, the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, and the Max-Planck Institutes for Astronomy (Heidelberg), Chemistry (Mainz), and Physics & Astrophysics (Munich).
May, 2000: Astronomy Award and Fellowship, Washington Academy of Sciences.
Presently deliver 10-20 invitational/public lectures per year using state-of-the-art computer presentation graphics, make numerous appearances on radio talk shows, and occasionally appear on local/national TV shows. See http://metaresearch.org/media%20and%20links/event%20calendar/archive-events.htm for a list of such events since mid-2001.

Professional Memberships

International Astronomical Union
American Astronomical Society (AAS)

AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy

AAS Division on Planetary Sciences

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
Society for Scientific Exploration
Meta Research

Research Activities

Principal: Solar System, Cosmology, Celestial mechanics, Global Positioning System.
Others: Scientific method; origin and evolution of planets, moons, comets, asteroids, meteoroids; multiple stars; sunspots; planetary diameters and atmospheres; gravitational theory; relativity; lunar and planetary dynamics; eclipses and occultations; time scales; positional astronomy; microcomputers; computer algorithms; computer algebraic manipulators; quantum physics; biochemistry & nutrition; communication of information, improving professional presentations.

Bibliography

"Does gravity have inertia?", Reality & Meaning #54, 5-9 (2003).
"Lorentz contraction", Apeiron 10, http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/V10NO4PDF/V10N4VAN.pdf (2003).
"What the GPS tells us about the twin's paradox", Apeiron 10, http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/V10NO1PDF/V10N1TVF.pdf (2003).
"Does gravity have inertia", Apeiron 10, http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/V10NO2PDF/V10N2VAN.pdf (2003).
"The exploded planet hypothesis – 2000", Proceedings of New Scenarios on the Evolution of the Solar System and Consequences on History of Earth and Man, E. Spedicato & A. Notarpietro, eds., Universita Degli Studi di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy, 40-54 (2002).
"Allais gravity and pendulum effects during solar eclipses explained", T. Van Flandern and X.S. Yang, Phys.Rev.D 67, 022002 (2003).
"The top 30 problems with the Big Bang", Infinite Energy 8, #46, 10-15 (2002).
“What the Global Positioning System tells us about the twin’s paradox”, Episteme #6 pt. II, <http://www.dipmat.unipg.it/~bartocci/ep6/ep6-vanfl.htm> (2002/12/21).
“Experimental Repeal of the Speed Limit for Gravitational, Electrodynamic, and Quantum Field Interactions”, T. Van Flandern and J.P. Vigier, Found.Phys. 32(#7), 1031-1068 (2002).
“Proper motion in a high-redshift quasar?”, J.Scient.Explor. 16, 309-311 (2002).
“Gravity”. Pushing Gravity: new perspectives of Le Sage’s theory of gravitation, M.R. Edwards, ed., Apeiron, Montreal, 93-122 (2002).
"The top 30 problems with the big bang", Apeiron 9, http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/V09NO2PDF/V09N2tvf.PDF (2002).
"A universe older than itself", Apeiron 9, http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/V09NO3PDF/V09N3VAN.pdf (2002).
Book review of Seeing Red: Redshifts, Cosmology and Academic Science by Halton Arp. J.Scient.Explor. 15, 546-553 (2001).
“Evidence of planetary artifacts”, T. Van Flandern, M. Carlotto, H. Crater, J. Erjavec, Fleming and J.P. Levasseur. Infinite Energy 7, #40, 23-31 (2001).
“Improved 2001 Leonid storm predictions from a refined model”. Esko Lyytinen, Markku Nissinen, and Tom Van Flandern. WGN – J. of Int’l Meteor Organization 29-4, 110-118 (2000; published 8/2001).
“Physics has its principles”. Gravitation, Electromagnetism and Cosmology, Konrad Rudnicki, ed., Apeiron, Montreal, 87-101 (2001).
“Predicting the strength of Leonid outbursts”, E. Lyytinen and T. Van Flandern. Earth Moon and Planets 82-83, 149-166 (2000).
“Reply to comment on: ‘The speed of gravity’”. Phys.Lett.A 262, 261-263 (1999).
“Dark Matter, Missing Planets and New Comets”. 2nd edition (see 1st edition abstract below under 1993). This is an updating of the original edition with four new chapters dealing with the non-expansion of the universe, a generalization of the exploded planet hypothesis, evidence of artificiality at Cydonia on Mars, and a revised history of the solar system using the fission hypothesis as the origin of planets and moons. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley (1999).
"The speed of gravity -- what the experiments say". Phys.Lett.A 250 #1-3, 1-11 (1998). Also Infinite Energy 5, #27, 50-58 (1999).
"Review of Seeing Red by Halton Arp", Apeiron 6, http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/Pre2001/V06NO1PDF/V06N1EPH.pdf (1999).
“Performance of the miniature airborne GPS receiver”, T. Van Flandern and T.B. Bahder, ARL-TR-1739, 15 pp., July (1998).
"An alternative hypothesis on Cydonia's formation". The Case for the Face, S.V. McDaniel & M. Paxson, eds., Adventures Unlimited Press, Kempton, IL, 147-151 (1998).
"What the Global Positioning System tells us about relativity". Open Questions in Relativistic Physics, F. Selleri, ed., Apeiron, Montreal, 81-90 (1998).
"Where is the best place to view a solar eclipse?" (a debate). Mercury 26, 12-13 (1997).
"Absolute GPS to better than 1 meter", C.O. Alley and T. Van Flandern. <http://metaresearch.org/solar%20system/gps/absolute-gps-1meter.ASP>.
"Possible new properties of gravity". Astrophys.&SpaceSci. 244, 249-261 (1996).
"Another aftershock for the Big Bang". Apeiron 3, 17; http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/Pre2001/V03NO1PDF/V03N1EPH.PDF (1996).
"Betting on the face on Mars". The Anomalist #2, 4-7 (1995).
"Did the universe have a beginning?" Apeiron 2, 20-24 (1995).
"Did the universe have a beginning", Apeiron 2, http://redshift.vif.com/JournalFiles/Pre2001/V02no1PDF/V02N1EPH.PDF (1995).
The Meta Model: A new deductive cosmology from first principles". Proceedings of the XIIIth Krakow Summer School on Cosmology, R. Keys, ed., Plenum, NY (1994).
"Dark Matter, Missing Planets and New Comets" (Paradoxes Resolved, Origins Illuminated). Abstract: This book contains the first cosmological theory derived entirely deductively from first principles. It leads us inevitably to postulate an infinite, non- expanding, 5-dimensional universe, which turns out to explain observed reality very well in a truly a priori way. It provides considerable insight into why the universe, and the world of atoms, behave as they do; and it makes many testable predictions. It also implies that three modifications are needed to the law of gravitation. These would explain many puzzles about the universe as a by-product, such as what is wrong with the rotation of spiral galaxies, why gravity appears to act instantly, how to avoid the singularities of black holes, and the nature of quasars. The book also contains many new deductive models about the solar system, some of which are based on the author's "exploded planet" hypothesis. These include a new model for the nature of comets and minor planets that has already received strong observational support. The new model for the origin of comets is the only viable alternative to the prevailing Oort Cloud theory in which comets come from 1000 times farther away than the planet Pluto. (North Atlantic Books, 1993).
M"ajor meeting on new cosmologies". J.Scientific Exploration 7, 19-22 (1993).
"On the 'speed of gravity'". Galilean Electrodynamics 4, 35-37 (1993).
"Is the microwave radiation really from the big bang 'fireball'?" Reflector (The Astronomical League Newsletter) XLV, 4 (1993).
"The case against the big bang", H.C. Arp and T. Van Flandern. Phys.Lett. A 164, 263- 273 (1992).
"The Kuiper belt of comets does not exist". In Periodic Comets, J.A. Fernandez and H. Rickman, eds., Universidad de la Republic, Montevideo, 75-80 (1992).
"Minor satellites and the Gaspra encounter". In Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991, A.W. Harris and E. Bowell, eds., Lunar & Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, 609-612 (1992).
"Reality and the Big Bang". A book review of "The Big Bang Never Happened" by Eric Lerner. Galilean Electrodynamics 3, 19-20 (1992).
"Worlds apart". A Focal Point debate between W.B. McKinnon and T. Van Flandern over the origins of Pluto, Charon, and Neptune's moons. Sky&Tel. 82, 340-341 (1991).
"The case against the Big Bang". Electronic publication in Astronomy Forum of CompuServe and in sci.astro newsgroup of Usenet (1991).
"An alternative to the dirty snowball model of comets". In Workshop on Observations of Recent Comets (1990), W.F. Huebner, P.A. Wehinger, J. Rahe, I. Konno, eds., Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, 144-149 (1990).
"What is Saturn's white spot?". CompuServe Network library 4, file WHITSPOT.SAT. Reprinted in Star Dust, newsletter of the National Capital Astronomers, November issue (1990).
"Forward Thinking in Astronomy". CompuServe Network libraries 11 & 4, files LEC1.TVF, ..., LEC8.TVF. Series of eight on-line lectures on cosmology and solar system origins, together with extensive class feedback (1990).
"The size and shape of (2) Pallas from the 1983 Occultation of 1 Vulpeculae", D.W. Dunham et al. and T.C. Van Flandern. AJ 99, 1636-1662 (1990).
"First order planetary perturbations with elliptic functions", C.A. Williams, T.C. Van Flandern and E.A. Wright. Cel.Mech. 40, 367-391 (1987).
"Is the gravitational constant changing?". In Precision Measurements and Fundamental Constants II, NBS Special Publication 617, Washington, 625-627 (1984).
"On the clock mechanism and the implausibility of the 35-day precessing disk in HZ Herculis/Hercules X-1", Y. Kondo, T.C. Van Flandern and C.L. Wolfe. ApJ 273, 716- 721 (1983).
"Occultation of SAO 114159 by 18 Melpomene and possible satellites", D.W. Dunham, J.B. Dunham, R.E. Schmidt, T.C. Van Flandern, et al. Occultation Newsletter (1982).
"Improved mean elements for the Earth and Moon". Circulated among Ephemeris offices and JPL (1982).
"Dynamical time before 1955", T.C. Van Flandern and M.R. Lukac. Abstract in BAAS (1982).
"Is the Gravitational Constant Changing?". In High-Precision Earth Rotation and Earth-Moon Dynamics, O. Calame, ed., D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 207-208 (abstract) (1982).
"Where do comets come from?". Mercury 11, 189-193 (1982).
"Exploding planets". Science Digest 90, 78-82 + 94-95 (1982).
"Is the gravitational constant changing?". ApJ 248, 813-816 (1981).
"New celestial reference system", P.K. Seidelmann, G.H. Kaplan and T.C. Van Flandern. In Reference Coordinate Systems for Earth Dynamics, E.M. Gaposchkin and B. Kolaczek, eds., D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 305-316 (1981).
"Minor planet satellites". Science 211, 297-298 (technical comment) (1981).
"Do comets have satellites?". Icarus 47, 480-486 (1981).
"Satellites of minor planets: a new frontier for celestial mechanics". Cel.Mech. 22, 79-80 (1980).
"The Ephemeris of Pluto", P.K. Seidelmann, G.H. Kaplan, K.F. Pulkkinen, E.J. Santoro, T.C. Van Flandern. Icarus 44, 19-28 (1980).
"Applications of a new algebraic manipulator to planetary theory". Proceedings of the IAU Symposium on "Analytical Methods and Ephemerides", Namur, Belgium (1980).
"Rings of Uranus: proposed model is unworkable". Science 208, 625-627 (technical comment) (1980).
"On the adoption of empirical corrections to Woolard's nutation theory", D.D. McCarthy, P.K. Seidelmann, T.C. Van Flandern. In Nutation and the Earth's Rotation, E.P. Federov, M.L. Smith and P.L. Bender, eds., D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 117-124 (1980).
"The preparation of new planetary ephemerides", E. Santoro, K.F. Pulkkinen, G.H. Kaplan, P. Espenschied, T.C. Van Flandern and P.K. Seidelmann. BAAS 12, 740 (abstract) (1980).
"New USNO zodiacal star catalog", R.E. Schmidt, T.E. Corbin and T.C. Van Flandern. BAAS 12, 740 (abstract) (1980).
"The Earth's rotation and Delta T, 1820-1980", T.C. Van Flandern and M.R. Lukac. BAAS 12, 740 (abstract) (1980).
"Low precision formulae for planetary positions", T.C. Van Flandern and K.F. Pulkkinen. ApJ Supp. 41, 391-411 (1979). [This paper set a new record for the number of reprints requested for a paper in this journal. The reprint rights are now owned by Willmann-Bell.]
"The satellites of Neptune and the origin of Pluto", R.S. Harrington and T.C. Van Flandern. Icarus 39, 131-136 (1979).
"New Saturnian satellites?". Observatory 99, 8-9 (1979).
"Rings of Uranus: invisible and impossible?". Science 204, 1076-1077 (1979). [Paper featured with artwork on cover.]
"On the origin of the satellites of Mars". In Natural and Artificial Satellite Motion, P.E. Nacozy and S. Ferraz-Mello, eds., U. of Texas Press, 231-235 (1979).
"Minor planets: the discovery of minor satellites", R.P. Binzel and T.C. Van Flandern. Science 203, 903-905 (1979).
"A review of dynamical evidence concerning a former asteroidal planet". In Dynamics of the Solar System, R.L. Duncombe, ed., D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 257-262 (1979).
"Gravitation and the expansion of the Earth". Review of Cosmology and Geophysics by P.S. Wesson, Nature 278, 821 (1979).
"Satellites of asteroids", T.C. Van Flandern, E.F. Tedesco and R.P. Binzel. In Asteroids, T. Gehrels, ed., U. of Ariz. Press, Tucson, 443-465 (1979).
"A former asteroidal planet as the origin of comets". Icarus 36, 51-74 (1978).
"The asteroidal planet as the origin of comets". In Dynamics of Planets and Satellites and Theories of their Motion, V. Szebehely, ed., D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 89-99 (1978).
"Status of the occultation determination of G-dot". In On the Measurement of Cosmological Variations of the Gravitational Constant, L. Halpern, ed., Univ. Presses of Fla., Gainesville, 21-28 (1978).
"A note on the dynamical evolution of the lunar orbit", T.C. Van Flandern and R.S. Harrington. BAAS 10, 482 (abstract) (1978).
"The age of the asteroid belt", S.J. Bensusen and T.C. Van Flandern. Abstracts of Papers of the 144th National Meeting, AAAS, Washington, 12-17 Feb. 1978, 105 (1978).
"Do Planets explode?". Abstracts of Papers of the 144th National Meeting, AAAS, Washington, 12-17 Feb. 1978, 178 (1978).
"Ephemeris time, relativity, and the problem of uniform time in astronomy", G.M.R. Winkler and T.C. Van Flandern. AJ 82, 84-92 (1977).
"A former major planet of the solar system". In Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites, A.H. Delsemme, ed., U. of Toledo, 475-481 (1977).
"Evidence for a recent origin of comets and asteroids". BAAS 22, 538 (abstract) (1977).
"The secular variation of the obliquity of the ecliptic", R.L. Duncombe and T.C. Van Flandern. AJ 81, 281-284 (1976).
"Is gravity getting weaker?". Scient.Amer. 234, 44-52 (1976).
"Note of the Earth-figure perturbations in the lunar theory". Cel.Mech. 13, 511-514 (1976).
"A dynamical investigation of the conjecture that Mercury is an escaped satellite of Venus", T.C. Van Flandern and R.S. Harrington. Icarus 28, 435-440 (1976).
"USNO occultation program versions". Occ.Newsl. I, 66 (1976).
"The scientific value of grazing occultations", D.W. Dunham and T.C. Van Flandern. Occ.Newsl. I, 66 (1976).
"A former major planet of the solar system". Trans.Amer.Geophys.Un. 57, 280 (abstract) (1976).
"A determination of the rate of change of G". MNRAS 170, 333-342 (1975).
"Lunar occultations of Beta Scorpii in 1975 and 1976", T.C. Van Flandern and P. Espenschied. ApJ 200, 61-67 (1975).
"Recent evidence for variations in the value of G". Ann.N.Y.Acad.Sci. 262, 494-495 (1975).
"Celestial reference systems derivable from solar system dynamics", R.L. Duncombe, P.K. Seidelmann and T.C. Van Flandern. Proc. IAU Colloq. #26, Torun, Poland, 223-233 (1975).
"Spatial distribution of X-rays in the crab nebula", T.M. Palmieri, F.D. Seward, A. Toor and T.C. Van Flandern. ApJ 202, 494-501 (1975).
"Coordinates of U.S. Naval Observatory installations", J.A. Hughes, P. Espenschied, D. McCarthy, D.H. Scott and T.C. Van Flandern. U.S.Nav.Obsy.Circ. 153, 1-35 (1975).
"A former major planet of the solar system". Flight Mechanics / Estimation Theory Symposium, NASA CP-2003, 29-30 Oct. 1975, 1-5 (1975).
"Star catalog error discovered". Occ.Newsl. I, 28 (1975).
"Total asteroid mass from comet perturbations." In Asteroids, Comets, Meteoritic Matter, Proc.IAU Colloq. #22, Nice, France, (abstract) (1974).
"Contact timings and determination of eclipse path limits", P. Espenschied and T.C. Van Flandern. Solar Eclipse 1973, Bulletin No. 5, NSF, Washington, 116 (1973).
"1973 solar eclipse - Baily's beads observed near the edge of the path of totality", J.B. Dunham, D.W. Dunham and T.C. Van Flandern. Solar Eclipse 1973, Bulletin No. 4, NSF, Washington, 113-115 (1973).
"Io's triaxial figure", B.T. O'Leary and T.C. Van Flandern. Icarus 17, 209-215 (1972).
"The occultation of Beta Scorpii by Jupiter and Io. III. Astrometry.", W.B. Hubbard and T.C. Van Flandern. AJ 77, 65-74 (1972).
"Relativity and the 1972 eclipse". IAU Circ. 2382 (1972).
"Lunar ephemeris and astrometric corrections from occultations". AJ 76, 81-82 (1971).
"The value of photoelectric occultation timings in lunar occultation studies". In Highlights of Astronomy, Vol. 2, as presented at XIVth General Assembly of the IAU in 1970, DeJager, ed., 587-588 (1971).
"Notes on equinox motion and corrections to precession". Cel.Mech. 4, 182-185 (1971).
"Precision timing of occultations". U.S.Nav.Obsy. Pamphlet for occultation observers, 12 July 1971 (1971).
"Occultation of Beta Scorpii C by Io on May 14, 1971". Taylor, G.E., O'Leary, B., Van Flandern, T.C., et al. Nature 234, 405-406 (1971).
"Astrometric results from the Beta Scorpii occultation". BAAS 3, 373-374 (abstract) (1971).
"The Beta Scorpii system". BAAS 3, 443 (abstract) (1971).
"The secular acceleration of the Moon". AJ 75. 657-658 (1970).
"Secular changes in the lunar elements", C.F. Martin and T.C. Van Flandern. Science 168, 246-247 (1970).
"Some notes on the use of the Watts limb-correction charts". AJ 75, 744-746 (1970).
"Observations of a solar eclipse from near the path edge", T.C. Van Flandern, D.W. Dunham and J. Bixby Dunham. BAAS 2, 351 (1970). Abstracted in Sky&Tel 40, 90 (1970).
"New corrections to the lunar ephemeris". JPL Tech. Rep. 32-1386, Proc. Symp. on Observation, Analysis, and Space Research Applications of the Lunar Motion, J.D. Mulholland, ed., Pasadena (1969).
"Corrections to the improved lunar ephemeris". Cel.Mech. 1, 163-166 (1969).
"The diameter of Neptune", J.E. Bixby (Dunham) and T.C. Van Flandern. AJ 74, 1220-1222 (1969).
"Note on the evaluation of the latitude of the Moon", W.J. Eckert, T.C. Van Flandern and G.A. Wilkins. MNRAS 146, 473-478 (1969).
"A discussion of 1950-1968 occultations of stars by the Moon". Dissertation, Yale U. (1969).
"A machine algorithm for processing calendar dates", H.F. Fliegel and T.C. Van Flandern. Comm.ACM 11, #10, 657 (1968). [One of the most frequently used computer algorithms.]
"A preliminary report on a lunar latitude fluctuation". In JPL Tech. Rep. 32-1247, Proc. JPL Seminar on Uncertainties in the Lunar Ephemeris, J.D. Mulholland, ed., Pasadena (1968).
"Analytical partial derivatives for the Moon's mean elements", AJ 73, S207 (1968).
"A family of retrograde orbits around the triangular equilibrium points", V. Szebehely and T.C. Van Flandern. AJ 72, 373 (1967).
"L'echelle de temps des ephemerides". Annexe 3, Comite Consultatif pour la Definition de la Seconde (1967).
"Lunar latitude fluctuation". Abstracted in Sky&Tel 34, 213 (1967).
"The observation of extreme grazing occultations". J.Ras.Canada 60, 77 (1966).
"Extreme grazing occultations". Sky&Tel 29, 386 (1965).
"Geocentric distance and velocity of Venus", R.L. Duncombe, W.J. Klepczynski and T.C. Van Flandern. U.S.Nav.Obsy.Circ. 96 (1964).

Supplementary Bibliography

Articles self-published in the Meta Research Bulletin]

"21st century gravity", MRB 12, 17-29 (2003).
"Origin of Moon by giant impact – History or Hollywood?", MRB 12, 10-14 (2003).
"2002 Australian Eclipse Edge Expedition report", MRB 11, 57-60 (2002).
"2002 Leonids & Eclipse Edge Expedition report", MRB 11, 63-57 (2002).
"Does gravity have inertia", MRB 11, 49-53 (2002).
“What the Global Positioning System tells us about the Twin’s Paradox”, MRB 11, 39-46 (2002).
“Planetary explosion mechanisms”, MRB 11, 33-39 (2002).
“Allais pendulum effect during solar eclipses explained”. MRB 11, 25-30 (2002).
“Overview of Pushing Gravity. MRB 11, 24-25 (2002).
“The Top 30 problems with the Big Bang”. MRB 11, 5-13 (2002).
“What really happened at the K/T extinction event”. MRB 11, 1-4 (2002).
“On the origin of Pluto and Triton”. MRB 10, 59-62 (2001).
“2001 Leonid meteor storm – Results”. MRB 10, 49-55 (2001).
“Preliminary analysis of 2001 April 8 Cydonia Face image”. MRB 10, 19-28 (2001).
“Artificial structures on Mars”. MRB 10, 1-15 (2001).
“The coming Leonid storm of 2001”. MRB 9, 56-57 (2000).
“The Leonid meteors of 2000: results”. MRB 9, 52-56 (2000).
“This year’s Leonid meteors” MRB 9, 42-44 (2000).
“The meaning of Cydonia” MRB 9, 33-42 (2000).
“Proof that the Cydonia Face on Mars is Artificial”. MRB 9, 22-27 (2000).
“The ‘Fortress’ and ‘Tholus’ at Cydonia”. MRB 9, 27-31 (2000).
“Physics has its principles”. MRB 9, 1-9 (2000).
“1999 Leonid Meteor Storm – How Predictions Fared”. MetaRes.Bull. 8, 59-63 (1999).
“Follow-up to the Perihelion Advance Formula”. MetaRes.Bull. 8, 24-30 (1999).
“The Perihelion Advance Formula”. MetaRes.Bull. 8, 10-15 (1999).
"The NEAR challenge". MetaRes.Bull. 7, 63-64 (1998).
"Review: Aliens and scalpel by Dr. Roger Leir". MetaResBull. 7, 61-63 (1998).
"Book Review: Seeing Red by Halton Arp." MetaRes.Bull. 7, 58-61 (1998).
"The meta cycle". MetaRes.Bull. 7, 43-47 (1998).
Best evidence yet for planetary artifacts ". MetaRes.Bull. 7, 22-30 (1998).
"Gravity and redshift from first principles". MetaRes.Bull. 7, 9-13 (1998).

[Articles self-published in the Meta Research Bulletin]
Galapagos solar eclipse expedition report". MetaRes.Bull. 7, 1-9 (1998).
"Top ten problems with the Big Bang". MetaRes.Bull. 6, 64 (1997).
"The speed of gravity-what the experiments say". MetaRes.Bull. 6, 49-62 (1997).
"Comet Hale-Bopp update". MetaRes.Bull. 6, 29-32 (1997).
"The original solar system". MetaRes.Bull. 6, 17-29 (1997).
"New evidence of artificiality at Cydonia on Mars". MetaRes.Bull. 6, 1-15 (1997).
"Possible new properties of gravity, Part II". MetaRes.Bull. 5, 38-50 (1996).
"Are the 'Mars meteorites' really from Mars?" MetaRes.Bull. 5, 33-38 (1996).
"Possible new properties of gravity, Part I". MetaRes.Bull. 5, 23-29 (1996).
"The satellites of Comet Hale-Bopp". MetaRes.Bull. 4, 49-50 (1995).
"Origin of trans-Neptunian asteroids". MetaRes.Bull. 4, 42-46 (1995).
"A revision of the exploded planet hypothesis". MetaRes.Bull. 4, 33-42 (1995).
"The anti-crank". MetaRes.Bull. 4, 25-28 (1995).
"Are gravitational and inertial masses equal?" MetaRes.Bull. 4, 1-9 (1995).
"Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright". MetaRes.Bull. 3, 52-56 (1994).
"1994 total solar eclipse expedition report". MetaRes.Bull. 3, 41-50 (1994).
"Follow-up to Comet SL-9 impacts on Jupiter". MetaRes.Bull. 3, 38-39 (1994).
"Does NASA hinder science?" MetaRes.Bull. 3, 35-38 (1994).
"Did the universe have a beginning?" MetaRes.Bull. 3, 25-35 (1994).
"Predictions for the Comet Sl-9 collision with Jupiter". MetaRes.Bull. 3, 20-24 (1994).
"The real infinity". MetaRes.Bull. 3, 15-19 (1994).
"Relativity with flat spacetime". MetaRes.Bull. 3, 9-12 (1994).
"Breaking news: Satellites of minor planets". MetaRes.Bull. 3, 2-8 (1994).
"Galilean special relativity". MetaRes.Bull. 2, 48-66 (1993).
"Eclipse Edge Expedition '94". MetaRes.Bull. 2, 23-28 (1993).
"At what speed does gravity propagate?" MetaRes.Bull. 2, 14-23 (1993).
"The Kuiper belt of comets does not exist". MetaRes.Bull. 2, 6-12 (1993).
"The origin of the Martian moons". MetaRes.Bull. 2, 3-5 (1993).
"The Meta Model: a new deductive cosmology from first principles". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 46-55 (1992).
"The origin of Valles Marineris". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 41-46 (1992).
"A followup to the twins paradox". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 33-35 (1992).
"The Cyrillid meteors". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 32-33 (1992).
"Quasars: near versus far". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 28-32 (1992).
"New object found beyond Pluto". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 27-28 (1992).
"New COBE results and the big bang 'fireball'". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 17-21 (1992).
"On the 'speed of gravity'". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 12-17 (1992).
"A Symmetric Version of the Twin Paradox in Relativity". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 6-9, (1992).
"First Asteroid Images: Satellite Analysis". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 4-6, (1992).
"Mystery Object encountered by Russian Phobos Spacecraft". MetaRes.Bull. 1, 1-4, (1992).