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G. Beutler's Methods of Celestial Mechanics is a coherent textbook for students as well as an excellent reference for practitioners. The first volume gives a thorough treatment of celestial mechanics and presents all the necessary mathematical details that a professional would need. The reader will appreciate the well-written chapters on numerical solution techniques for ordinary differential equations, as well as that on orbit determination. In the second volume applications to the rotation of earth and moon, to artificial earth satellites and to the planetary system are presented. The author addresses all aspects that are of importance in high-tech applications, such as the detailed gravitational fields of all planets and the earth, the oblateness of the earth, the radiation pressure and the atmospheric drag. The concluding part of this monumental treatise explains and details state-of-the-art professional and thoroughly-tested software for celestial mechanics. The accompanying CD-ROM enables readers to employ this software themselves and also serves as to illustrate and reinforce the related theoretical concepts.

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Author:   Gerhard Beutler ,  Leos Mervart ,  Andreas Verdun
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.877kg
ISBN:  

9783642105296

ISBN 10:   3642105297
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   07 December 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Basic Theory: Overview of the Work.- Historical Background.- The Equations of Motion.- The Two- and Three-Body Problems.- Variational Equations.- Theory of Perturbations.- Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations: Principles and Concepts.- Orbit Determination and Parameter Estimation.- References.- Abbreviations and Acronyms.- Index.

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