Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Newtonian mechanics
- 2 Newtonian gravity
- 3 Keplerian orbits
- 4 Orbits in central force fields
- 5 Rotating reference frames
- 6 Lagrangian mechanics
- 7 Rigid body rotation
- 8 Three-body problem
- 9 Secular perturbation theory
- 10 Lunar motion
- Appendix A Useful mathematics
- Appendix B Derivation of Lagrange planetary equations
- Appendix C Expansion of orbital evolution equations
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Newtonian gravity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Newtonian mechanics
- 2 Newtonian gravity
- 3 Keplerian orbits
- 4 Orbits in central force fields
- 5 Rotating reference frames
- 6 Lagrangian mechanics
- 7 Rigid body rotation
- 8 Three-body problem
- 9 Secular perturbation theory
- 10 Lunar motion
- Appendix A Useful mathematics
- Appendix B Derivation of Lagrange planetary equations
- Appendix C Expansion of orbital evolution equations
- Bibliography
- Index
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- An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics , pp. 22 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012