Dynamics of extended celestial bodies and rings / edited by Jean Souchay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Souchay, Jean, editor.

Series:

Lecture Notes in Physics, 0075-8450 ; 682

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Celestial mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; New York, United States : Springer, [2006]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taking both a theoretical and observational perspective, this book is an introduction to recent developments in the field of celestial mechanics. It emphasizes the application to extended celestial bodies and devotes much attention to rotational aspects. In particular, it explains the state of art for accurate modelling of the rotation of celestial bodies such as the Earth, the Moon, and Mercury, which involves principles related to hydrodynamics and geodesy. Comparisons between the light curves of the asteroids and their rotational state are made and spatial techniques leading to the determination of the Earth's gravitational field are explained. Also, the book provides a general overview of the collisional processes in the solar system and of the dynamics of the rings. It is addressed to graduate students and researchers in space sciences and celestial dynamics.

Contents:

Spinning Bodies: A Tutorial

Physics of the Earth’s Interior, Deformation and Rotation

Modelling and Characterizing the Earth’s Gravity Field: From Basic Principles to Current Purposes

Asteroids from Observations to Models

Modelling Collisions Between Asteroids: From Laboratory Experiments to Numerical Simulations

Geometric Conditions for Quasi-Collisions in öpik’s Theory

The Synchronous Rotation of the Moon

The Spin-Orbit Rotation of Mercury

Dynamics of Planetary Rings.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610617838

9781280617836

1280617837

9783540324553

3540324550