Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Theory and Practice

✍ Scribed by Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 553
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library 436
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume is designed as an introductory text and reference book for graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of astronomy, astrodynamics, satellite systems, space sciences and astrophysics. The purpose of the book is to emphasize the similarities between celestial mechanics and astrodynamics, and to present recent advances in these two fields so that the reader can understand the inter-relations and mutual influences. The juxtaposition of celestial mechanics and astrodynamics is a unique approach that is expected to be a refreshing attempt to discuss both the mechanics of space flight and the dynamics of celestial objects.

“Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Theory and Practice” also presents the main challenges and future prospects for the two fields in an elaborate, comprehensive and rigorous manner. The book presents homogenous and fluent discussions of the key problems, rendering a portrayal of recent advances in the field together with some basic concepts and essential infrastructure in orbital mechanics. The text contains introductory material followed by a gradual development of ideas interweaved to yield a coherent presentation of advanced topics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvii
Introduction....Pages 1-24
Vectors....Pages 25-44
Reference Systems and Relativity....Pages 45-78
Central Force Motion....Pages 79-94
The Two-Body Problem....Pages 95-119
Orbit Determination....Pages 121-142
The n-Body Problem....Pages 143-161
The Restricted Three-Body Problem....Pages 163-195
Numerical Procedures....Pages 197-228
Canonical Equations....Pages 229-253
General Perturbations Theory....Pages 255-298
Motion Around Oblate Planets....Pages 299-326
Semianalytical Orbit Theory....Pages 327-367
Satellite Orbit Control....Pages 369-410
Optimal Impulsive Orbit Transfers....Pages 411-439
Orbit Data Processing....Pages 441-487
Space Debris....Pages 489-500
People, Progress, Prospects....Pages 501-512
Back Matter....Pages 513-522

✦ Subjects

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics;Astrophysics and Astroparticles;Aerospace Technology and Astronautics;Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control;Mechanics