Modern Celestial Mechanics

Aspects of solar system dynamics

Alessandro Morbidelli

356 pages, parution le 02/07/2002

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Résumé

In the last 20 years, celestial mechanics has achieved spectacular results on the structure and evolution of our Solar System. With a solid theoretical basis, this book describes recent results on Solar System dynamics, with emphasis on planets and small bodies. It begins by presenting the fundamental concepts of Hamiltonian systems theory necessary to work at ease in celestial mechanics. Celestial Mechanics itself is then considered, including the secular motion of planets and small bodies and mean motion resonant dynamics. Modern Celestial Mechanics will be of interest to graduate students and researchers of astronomy and astrophysics.

Of great interest to students and researchers of astronomy and astrophysics, this book describes the spectacular results that Celestial Mechanics has achieved on the structure and evolution of our Solar System in the last twenty years.

Contents

Elementary celestial and hamiltonian mechanics
Quasi-integrable hamiltonian systems
Kam tori
Single resonance dynamics
Numerical tools for the detection of chaos
Interactions among resonances
Secular dynamics of the planets
Secular dynamics of small bodies
Mean motion resonances
Three-body resonances
Secular dynamics inside mean motion resonances
Global dynamical structure of the belts of small bodies

L'auteur - Alessandro Morbidelli

Dr. Alessandro Morbidelli is a researcher in astronomy at the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, Nice, France and has worked extensively in the following fields: theory of Hamiltonian systems, dynamics of asteroids and trans-Neptunian objects, origin and evolution of near-Earth objects, and primordial sculpting of the Solar System. He has been assistant editor of the journal Icarus responsible for papers on dynamics since January 2000 and is the recipient of the bronze medal of the Conseil National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Young Scientist Scientific Award of the European Geophysical Society and the Urey Prize of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. In addition, the asteroid 5596 1991PQ10 is named Morbidelli in his honour.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Taylor and Francis Books
Auteur(s)	Alessandro Morbidelli
Parution	02/07/2002
Nb. de pages	356
Format	17,5 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	747g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780415279383