Computational Spherical Astronomy

By Laurence G. Taff

Examines the data reduction for positional measurements made on stars, planets, artificial satellites by optical means. Covers the sources of the corrections, the available numerical procedures and their accuracy, and illustrates the material through the use of worked problems. A thousand-item glossary gives all the principal phrases used in astronomy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047106257X
• ISBN13: 9780471062578
• Release Date: February 1981
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.