Astronomical Problems. An Introductory Course in Astronomy

✍ Scribed by B. A. Vorontsov-Vel'iaminov (Auth.)

• Publisher: Pergamon Press, Oxford
• Year: 1969
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 333
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH RUSSIAN EDITION, Pages vii-viii
INTRODUCTION: HOW TO SOLVE ASTRONOMICAL PROBLEMS, Pages ix-xi
CHAPTER I - INTERPOLATION, Pages 1-6
CHAPTER II - THE CELESTIAL SPHERE, Pages 7-11
CHAPTER III - SYSTEMS OF CELESTIAL COORDINATES, Pages 12-26
CHAPTER IV - CULMINATION, THE DETERMINATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL LATITUDE AND THE COORDINATES OF CELESTIAL BODIES, Pages 27-35
CHAPTER V - REFRACTION, Pages 36-39
CHAPTER VI - THE APPARENT MOTION OF THE SUN, Pages 40-43
CHAPTER VII - THE DETERMINATION OF TIME AND LONGITUDE, Pages 44-59
CHAPTER VIII - THE CALENDAR, Pages 60-63
CHAPTER IX - THE RISING AND SETTING OF A HEAVENLY BODY, Pages 64-70
CHAPTER X - PRECESSION, Pages 71-74
CHAPTER XI - PROBLEMS SOLVED WITH THE HELP OF THE CELESTIAL GLOBE, Pages 75-80
CHAPTER XII - PLANETARY MOVEMENT, Pages 81-100
CHAPTER XIII - PARALLAX AND ABERRATION, Pages 101-109
CHAPTER XIV - THE EARTH, Pages 110-122
CHAPTER XV - THE MOVEMENT AND PHASES OF THE MOON, Pages 123-128
CHAPTER XVI - ECLIPSES, Pages 129-135
CHAPTER XVII - GRAVITATION, Pages 136-148
CHAPTER XVIII - ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS, Pages 149-160
CHAPTER XIX - THE MOON, Pages 161-163
CHAPTER XX - THE PLANETS, Pages 164-170
CHAPTER XXI - COMETS, Pages 171-177
CHAPTER XXII - METEORS AND METEORITES, Pages 178-185
CHAPTER XXIII - THE SUN, Pages 186-194
CHAPTER XXIV - THE MOVEMENTS AND THE NATURE OF THE STARS, Pages 195-212
CHAPTER XXV - DOUBLE STARS, Pages 213-224
CHAPTER XXVI - VARIABLE STARS AND NOVAE, Pages 225-233
CHAPTER XXVII - THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE, Pages 234-238
CHAPTER XXVIII - MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS, Pages 239-246
ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS, Pages 247-294
APPENDIX, Pages 295-314
Plates, Pages 317-328