Physics of the Earth and the Solar System: Dynamics and Evolution, Space Navigation, Space-Time Structure

✍ Scribed by Bruno Bertotti, Paolo Farinella (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 493
• Series: Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs 31
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From the reviews:

".....The book is a very good balance between theory and applications, of analysis and synthesis, keeping always the focus on the comprehension of the physics ruling our planetary system.

In summary, this represents both an excellent textbook for students and a fundamental reference, and encyclopedic summary current knowledge, for researchers in the Solar System field." (Alessandro Rossi, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 2005)

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Dynamical Principles....Pages 1-28
The Gravitational Field of a Planet....Pages 29-44
The Rotation of the Earth and Other Planets....Pages 45-73
Tidal Effects....Pages 74-91
The Interior of the Earth....Pages 92-117
Planetary Magnetism....Pages 118-134
Atmospheres....Pages 135-157
The Upper Atmosphere....Pages 158-176
Magnetosphere....Pages 177-203
The Two-Body Problem....Pages 204-218
Perturbation Theory....Pages 219-241
The Restricted Three-Body Problem....Pages 242-255
The Sun and the Solar Wind....Pages 256-273
The Planetary System....Pages 274-303
Dynamical Evolution of the Solar System....Pages 304-337
Origin of the Solar System....Pages 338-366
Relativistic Effects in the Solar System....Pages 367-390
Artificial Satellites....Pages 391-417
Space Telecommunications....Pages 418-436
Precise Measurements in Space....Pages 437-463
Back Matter....Pages 465-479

✦ Subjects

Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Geophysics/Geodesy; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques