Adventures in Celestial Mechanics

, by Szebehely, Victor G.; Mark, Hans

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ISBN: 9780471133179 | 0471133175
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/6/1998

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VICTOR G. SZEBEHELY, DEng, PhD(1921-1997), was Professor and former chairman of the Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department of the University of Texas at Austin. He served as a consultant to the U.S. Air Force Space Command. HANS MARK, PhD, is Professor in the Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department of the University of Texas at Austin. His other books include The Space Station: A Personal Journey. He serves as a consultant to NASA.

Preface

1 ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: AN HISTORICAL REVIEW

(12)

2 CIRCULAR ORBITS

(20)

3 THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF TWO BODIES

(14)

4 ELLIPTIC ORBITS

(18)

5 ROCKETS

(20)

6 ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS: HYPERBOLIC AND PARABOLIC ORBITS

(14)

7 KEPLER'S EQUATION AND LAMBERT'S THEOREM

(40)

8 ORBITAL MANEUVERING OF SPACECRAFT

139

(22)

9 ELEMENTS OF SPACECRAFT DYNAMICS

161

(26)

10 PLANETARY EXPLORATION

187

(34)

11 GENERAL PERTURBATION THEORY AND A SPECIFIC APPLICATION TO THE MOTION OF THE PLANET MERCURY

221

(26)

12 THE MOTION OF EARTH-ORBITING SATELLITES

247

(16)

13 THE PROBLEM OF THREE BODIES AND THE STABILITY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

263

(20)

APPENDIX I GLOSSARY

283

(8)

APPENDIX II PHYSICAL CONSTANTS

291

(4)

APPENDIX III ANNOTATED LIST OF MAJOR REFERENCE BOOKS

295

(10)

INDEX

305

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