Orbital Motion, 3rd Ed,

by A.E. Roy

Book Overview

A comprehensive textbook encompassing the analytical methods of classical celestial mechanics, the recent numerical experiments into the orbital evolution of gravitating masses, and the astrodynamics of artificial satellites and interplanetary probes. It requires little or no prior familiarity with astronomy or space science but assumes a knowledge of calculus and elementary vector analysis. Problems, with answers, are included as are appendices of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0852742290
• ISBN13: 9780852742297
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"