Essential Spaceflight Dynamics and Magnetospherics (Space Technology Library)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781402010637
Subjects: Astronautics; Engineering - Automotive; Applied; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Magnetosphere; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Mathematics-Applied; Technology / Aeronautics & Astronautics; Technology / Engineering / Automotive; Technology-Engineering - Automotive; Astrophysics & Space Science; Astrodynamics
First sentence: As the two-body problem provides the classical basis for the analysis of any perturbed motion, it is suitable to begin an exploration of problems in celestial mechanics by considering the two-body problem in detail.