Screen LibraryAdventures in celestial mechanics
A fascinating introduction to the basic principles of orbital mechanics. It has been three hundred years since Isaac Newton first formulated laws to explain the orbits of the Moon and the planets of our solar system. In so doing he laid the groundwork for modern science's understanding of the w...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9783527617784 |
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A fascinating introduction to the basic principles of orbital mechanics. It has been three hundred years since Isaac Newton first formulated laws to explain the orbits of the Moon and the planets of our solar system. In so doing he laid the groundwork for modern science's understanding of the workings of the cosmos and helped pave the way to the age of space exploration. Adventures in Celestial Mechanics offers students an enjoyable way to become acquainted with the basic principles involved in the motions of natural and human-made bodies in space. Packed with examples in which these principle. |
| Item Description: | Title from title screen (viewed Feb. 18, 2008). |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9783527617784 3527617787 9783527617791 (electronic bk.) 3527617795 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QB355 |
| CLC: | P135 |
| Contents: | ADVENTURES IN CELESTIAL MECHANICS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: AN HISTORICAL REVIEW; 2 CIRCULAR ORBITS; 3 THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF TWO BODIES; 4 ELLIPTIC ORBITS; 5 ROCKETS; 6 ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS: HYPERBOLIC AND PARABOLIC ORBITS; 7 KEPLER'S EQUATION AND LAMBERT'S THEOREM; 8 ORBITAL MANEUVERING OF SPACECRAFT; 9 ELEMENTS OF SPACECRAFT DYNAMICS; 10 PLANETARY EXPLORATION; 11 GENERAL PERTURBATION THEORY AND A SPECIFIC APPLICATION TO THE MOTION OF THE PLANET MERCURY; 12 THE MOTION OF EARTH-ORBITING SATELLITES; 13 THE PROBLEM OF THREE BODIES AND THE STABILITY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. |