Keplerian Ellipses (Second Edition)

By Bruce Cameron Reed

Kepler's three laws of planetary motion were a stunning development in human intellectual history. This second edition is a concise, self-contained treatment of Kepler/Newton planetary orbits at the level of an advanced undergraduate physics student. New to this edition are elements such as a detailed derivation of Newton's shell-point equivalency theorem, a revised derivation of the polar equation for an ellipse, Kepler's Third Law for non-inverse-square central potentials, a chapter on transfer and rendezvous orbits, and an expanded treatment of methods of calculating the average distance between the Sun and a planet. The approach is student-friendly, featuring brief sections, clear notation and diagrams, and mathematics that undergraduates will be comfortable with, accompanied by numerous exercises.

Key Features

Provides a compact, self-contained treatment of a universally interesting topic

Contains brief sections, with emphasis put on clear first-principles discussions of the interpretations of calculations and expressions

Student-friendly, with numerous worked examples, clear notation, and exercises

Sets a solid foundation for more advanced studies of phenomena such as orbital perturbations, precession, and unbound orbits

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750356065
• ISBN13: 9780750356060
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"