Celestial Mechanics: The Waltz of the Planets (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy)

Celestial Mechanics: The Waltz of the Planets (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy)
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 038730777X | edition 2007 | PDF | 245 pages | 11,8 mb

The common perception of Celestial Mechanics is that of a discipline which needs advanced mathematics and astronomy to be understood. Yet modern Celestial Mechanics has a rather different taste and a truly interdisciplinary nature. The number of celestial objects known to mankind has dramatically increased, the long-awaited presence of extrasolar planets has been eventually detected around other stars, spaceflight dynamics has brought new applications encompassing rocked dynamics, the place-in-orbit of artificial satellites and interplanetary mission design. Solar System exploration has grown as a long term strategy for the construction of a permanent base on the Moon and a manned mission to Mars.

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