The Dynamical Behaviour of Our Planetary System

By: Alexander Von Humboldt Colloquium on Cel

Book Overview

Preface. Theoretical Dynamics. Scattering by Resonances; A. Neishtadt. Non-Integrability in Hamiltonian Mechanics; S. Ichtiaroglou. Regular and Irregular Periodic Orbits; G. Contopoulos, E. Grousouzakou. Universal Properties of Escape in Dynamical Systems; C. Siopis, et al. Numerical Methods of Analysis. Mapping and Dynamical Systems; M. Sidlichovsk?. A New Fast Fourier Method for Evaluating Fourier Spectra at Arbitrary Frequencies; K. Wodnar. Planets and Satellites. On the Use of Analytical Theories in the Calculation of Precession-Nutation; P. Bretagnon. Asteroids. The Nekhoroshev Theorem and the Asteroid Belt Dynamical System; A. Morbidelli, M. Guzzo. Frequency Modified Fourier Transform and its Application to Asteroids; M. Sidlichovsk?, D. Nesvorn?. The Trojan Problem; B. ?rdi. Dynamical Transport to Planet-Crossing Orbits; Ch. Froeschl?. Review of the Dynamics in the Kirkwood Gaps; M. Moons. Miscellaneous. Open Problems on the Eve of the Next Millennium; V. Szebehely. Limit of Comprehension, Reference Frames and General Relativity; H. Eichhorn. Theoretical Dynamics. Stable Chaos: A First Model; A. Lema?tre. Transport in Perturbed Integrable Hamiltonian Systems and the Fractality of Phase Space; H. Varvoglis, et al. Equilibria Bifurcations of Satellite Orbits; V.W. Kudielka. Numerical Methods of Analysis. Fast Lyapunov Indicators. Comparison with Other Chaos Indicators. Application to Two and Four Dimensional Maps; E. Lega, C. Froeschl?. Asteroid Motion near the 2:1 Resonance: A Symplectic Mapping Approach; J. Hadjidemetriou, A. Lema?tre. Symplectic Integrators for Hill's LunarProblem; J. Waldvogel. Rotation Number and Global Stability of Symplectic Integrator; Yi-Sui Sun, Ji-Lin Zhou. Planets and Satellites. On a Global Expansion of the Planar Disturbing Function; C. Beaug?. Links Between Time Scales Using Barycentric Relativistic Ephemerides; X. Moisson. Orbital Stability of Planetary Quasi-Satellites; S. Mikkola, K. Innanen. Alternative Derivations of Perturbations with Use of a Mixed Reference-Plane System: Application to the Motion of the Orbit Plane of Hyperion; P.J. Message. Astrodynamic Study of the Earth Rotation; C. Marchal. Asteroids. Orbital Evolution of Asteroids in the Hecuba Gap; S. Ferraz-Mello, T.A. Michtchenko. A Study of the Local Lyapunov Numbers for Orbits in the Outer Solar System; E. Lohinger. Miscellaneous. On the Influence of Supernova Shockfronts on the Stability of the Solar System; W. Schaffenberger, A. Hanslmeier. Henri Poincar? A Decisive Contribution to Special Relativity; C. Marchal. Periodic Orbits in the Sitnikov Problem; J. Kallrath, et al.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792345487
• ISBN13: 9780792345480
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"