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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Main Author: Reed, Bruce Cameron 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, CA, USA Morgan & Claypool Publishers [2019]
Bristol, UK IOP Publishing
Edition:Version: 20190501
Series:IOP concise physics
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Online Access:UBT01
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (getrennte Seitenzählung)
ISBN:9781643274706
DOI:10.1088/2053-2571/ab0303

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