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Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Theory and Practice

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Authors:
  1. Pini Gurfil

    1. Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

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  2. P. Kenneth Seidelmann

    1. Department of Astronomy, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

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  • Examines the main principles of celestial mechanics and astrodynamics in an elaborate, comprehensive and mathematically rigorous manner
  • Emphasizes the similarities between celestial mechanics and astrodynamics
  • Provides innovative topics and new directions which are not well covered in the literature
  • Combines basic concepts with emerging topics, which produces a state-of-the art and coherent treatise with a longer shelf life

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 436)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 1-24

  3. Vectors

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 25-44

  4. Reference Systems and Relativity

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 45-78

  5. Central Force Motion

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 79-94

  6. The Two-Body Problem

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 95-119

  7. Orbit Determination

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 121-142

  8. The n-Body Problem

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 143-161

  9. The Restricted Three-Body Problem

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 163-195

  10. Numerical Procedures

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 197-228

  11. Canonical Equations

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 229-253

  12. General Perturbations Theory

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 255-298

  13. Motion Around Oblate Planets

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 299-326

  14. Semianalytical Orbit Theory

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 327-367

  15. Satellite Orbit Control

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 369-410

  16. Optimal Impulsive Orbit Transfers

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 411-439

  17. Orbit Data Processing

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 441-487

  18. Space Debris

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 489-500

  19. People, Progress, Prospects

    • Pini Gurfil, P. Kenneth Seidelmann
    Pages 501-512

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 513-522
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About this book

This volume is designed as an introductory text and reference book for graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of astronomy, astrodynamics, satellite systems, space sciences and astrophysics. The purpose of the book is to emphasize the similarities between celestial mechanics and astrodynamics, and to present recent advances in these two fields so that the reader can understand the inter-relations and mutual influences. The juxtaposition of celestial mechanics and astrodynamics is a unique approach that is expected to be a refreshing attempt to discuss both the mechanics of space flight and the dynamics of celestial objects. 

“Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Theory and Practice” also presents the main challenges and future prospects for the two fields in an elaborate, comprehensive and rigorous manner. The book presents homogenous and fluent discussions of the key problems, rendering a portrayal of recent advances in the field together with some basic concepts and essential infrastructure in orbital mechanics. The text contains introductory material followed by a gradual development of ideas interweaved to yield a coherent presentation of advanced topics.

Reviews

“I found it to be very readable and an interesting introduction to the field of astrodynamics. I think it succeeds in its intention to emphasize the similarities between celestial mechanics and astrodynamics as well as the problems involved in dealing with real data. It is well-illustrated and is supported by good reference material. … the authors are to be congratulated on generating an excellent text-book which should find its place on any astronomer’s bookshelf.” (Steve Bell, The Observatory, Vol. 137, August, 2017)

“This book combines the two disciplines in the aerospace community. … The strength of the book lies in its comprehensive illustrations of mathematics, figures and modern developments. … this book can serve as a good guide to exploring the numerical work in astrodynamics.” (Chih-Yueh Wang, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 58 (3), July, 2017)


Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

    Pini Gurfil

  • Department of Astronomy, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

    P. Kenneth Seidelmann

About the authors

Dr. Pini Gurfil is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Prof. Gurfil has been conducting research in astrodynamics, distributed space systems, trajectory optimization, vision-aided navigation and tracking, and multi-agent systems.
Dr. Seidelmann is Research Professor at the University of Virginia, President of the Celestial Mechanics Institute and past chairman of the IAU/IAG Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements. His recent work has focused on space astrometry missions, reference systems, space surveillance.

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