Keplerian ellipses: the physics of the gravitational two-body problem

The development of man's understanding of planetary motions is the crown jewel of Newtonian mechanics. This book offers a concise but self-contained handbook-length treatment of this historically important topic for students at about the third-year-level of an undergraduate physics curriculum....

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1. Verfasser: Reed, Bruce Cameron 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: San Rafael, CA, USA Morgan & Claypool Publishers [2019]
Bristol, UK IOP Publishing
Ausgabe:Version: 20190501
Schriftenreihe:IOP concise physics
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Zusammenfassung:The development of man's understanding of planetary motions is the crown jewel of Newtonian mechanics. This book offers a concise but self-contained handbook-length treatment of this historically important topic for students at about the third-year-level of an undergraduate physics curriculum. After opening with a review of Kepler's three laws of planetary motion, it proceeds to the analyze the general dynamics of 'central force' orbits in spherical coordinates, how elliptical orbits satisfy Newton's gravitational law, and how the geometry of ellipses relates to physical quantities, such as energy and momentum. Exercises are provided, and derivations are set up in such a way that readers can gain analytic practice by filling in the missing steps. A brief bibliography lists sources for readers who wish to pursue further study on their own
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ISBN:9781643274706
DOI:10.1088/2053-2571/ab0303

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