Dynamics of Planetary Systems – PDF

Dynamics of Planetary Systems (PDF) – (Princeton Series in Astrophysics) – is an introductory book on celestial mechanics that is suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers who are new to the field.

Celestial mechanics is one of the oldest subjects in the physical sciences, focusing on the movement of planets, satellites, and other celestial bodies like comets. In recent years, the field has seen significant advancements due to space flight, digital computing, numerical mathematics, nonlinear dynamics, chaos theory, and the discovery of exoplanets. This modern and authoritative book on planetary system dynamics encompasses these recent developments and discoveries, making it an ideal resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers.

The ebook covers both traditional topics, such as the two-body and three-body problems, lunar theory, and Hamiltonian perturbation theory, and a broad range of other subjects. These include chaos in the solar system, comet dynamics, extrasolar planets, planetesimal dynamics, resonances, tidal friction and disruption, and more. By providing readers with core concepts, tools, and research methods, the book equips them to conduct their own research in the field.

Some key features of this book include:

• Appendixes that summarize the necessary background material
• An authoritative introduction that reflects recent advances in the field
• A solutions manual is available for instructors who adopt the ebook for a course (upon request)
• Over 100 end-of-book problems that elaborate on concepts not fully covered in the leading textbook
• Suitable for advanced graduate and undergraduate students, with a prerequisite knowledge of Hamiltonian mechanics and methods of mathematical physics (such as special functions, vectors, matrices, etc.)
• Topics covered include Andoyer variables, co-orbital satellites and quasi-satellites, Hill’s problem, the Milankovich equations, Colombo’s top and Cassini states, the Yarkovsky and YORP effects, orbit determination for extrasolar planets, and more

The ISBNs for this book are: 978-0691207117, 978-0691244228, 978-0691207124

Please note that this sale only includes the ebook Dynamics of Planetary Systems in PDF format. No access codes are included.