Astronomical Problems: An Introductory Course in Astronomy

✍ Scribed by B. A. Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov

• Publisher: Mir Publishers
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 334
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Title Page
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
HOW TO SOLVE ASTRONOMICAL PROBLEMS
CHAPTER I INTERPOLATION
CHAPTER II THE CELESTIAL SPHERE
CHAPTER III SYSTEMS OF CELESTIAL COORDINATES
CHAPTER IV CULMINATION, THE DETERMINATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL LATITUDE AND THE COORDINATES OF CELESTIAL BODIES
CHAPTER V REFRACTION
CHAPTER VI THE APPARENT MOTION OF THE SUN
CHAPTER VII THE DETERMINATION OF TIME AND LONGITUDE
CHAPTER VIII THE CALENDAR
CHAPTER IX THE RISING AND SETTING OF A HEAVENLY BODY
CHAPTER X PRECESSION
CHAPTER XI PROBLEMS SOLVED WITH THE HELP OF THE CELESTIAL GLOBE
CHAPTER XII PLANETARY MOVEMENT
CHAPTER XIII PARALLAX AND ABERRATION
CHAPTER XIV THE EARTH
CHAPTER XV THE MOVEMENT AND PHASES OF THE MOON
CHAPTER XVI ECLIPSES
CHAPTER XVII GRAVITATION
CHAPTER XVIII ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTSAND METHODS
CHAPTER XIX THE MOON
CHAPTER XX THE PLANETS
CHAPTER XXI COMETS
CHAPTER XXII METEORS AND METEORITES
CHAPTER XXIII THE SUN
CHAPTER XXIV THE MOVEMENTS AND THE NATURE OF THE STARS
CHAPTER XXV DOUBLE STARS
CHAPTER XXVI VARIABLE STARS AND NOVAE
CHAPTER XXVII THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
CHAPTER XXVIII MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS
ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS
APPENDIX
PLATES