The research of the coupled orbital-attitude controlled motion of celestial body in the neighborhood of the collinear libration point L1 Using some of the suggested simulation programs, students have an opportunity to perform interesting mini-research projects in physics and astronomy. Each section of the textbook is supplied with questions, exercises, and problems.
Students can work with the text and software at a pace they can enjoy, varying parameters of the simulated systems. The simulation programs create vivid and lasting impressions of the investigated phenomena, and provide students and their instructors with a powerful tool which enables them to explore basic concepts that are difficult to study and teach in an abstract conventional manner. The primary aim of the book is the understanding of the foundations of classical and modern physics, while their application to celestial mechanics is used to illustrate these concepts. This text, together with the interactive software, is intended to help students learn and understand the fundamental concepts and the laws of physics as they apply to the fascinating world of the motions of natural and artificial celestial bodies. It is accompanied by the award winning educational software package 'Planets and Satellites' developed by the author. This book is written for a wide range of graduate and undergraduate students studying various courses in physics and astronomy. Motions of Celestial Bodies Computer simulations In the second part, attention is given to the motion of artificial celestial bodies in the gravitational field of the basic planet, external perturbations regarding the motion of these bodies, the motion of the bodies in the earth-moon system, and periodic solutions. Subjects considered in the first part are related to basic problems, integration methods, and perturbation theory. The first part presents introductory material, and examines a number of general mathematical questions to provide a basis for the studies conducted in the second part. The difference between natural celestial bodies, which are ordinarily considered by celestial mechanics, and 'artificial' celestial bodies is discussed, taking into account hypothetical celestial bodies introduced in connection with mathematical developments and problems, invisible celestial bodies whose existence can be assumed on the basis of some plausible hypothesis, and man-made satellites of the earth. This book is concerned with the translational motion of 'artificial' celestial bodies.
Celestial mechanics - Methods of the theory of motion of 'artificial' celestial bodies
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