Orbital Motion (Third Edition Student text)

Roy, A. E.

ISBN 10: 0852742290 / ISBN 13: 9780852742297

Published by Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1988

About this Item

532 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Orbital Motion (Third Edition Student text)
• Publisher: Adam Hilger, Bristol
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852742290
• ISBN 13: 9780852742297
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

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 relevant astronomical and mathematical data. This text is intended primarily for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students but its discussion of orbital computation will be of interest to serious amateur astronomers. The third edition includes new data concerning various bodies in the Solar System, particularly in the systems of Jupiter and Saturn. New results from recent work on the stability of the Solar System and its sub-systems are included to update the text throughout.

Review

"...a classic text... on the orbits of everything from galactic clusters down to grapefruit-sized -- Earth satellites" Planet Space Science Volume 37.