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ISBN Number: 9780792354666
Subtitle: A Major Key to Solar Systems Studies
Author: Roy, A. E.
Editor: Steves, Bonnie A.
Editor: Roy, Archie E.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Location: Boston
Subject: Astrophysics
Subject: Solar system
Subject: Asteroids
Subject: Few-body problem.
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Astronomy, Solar System
Series: NATO Asi Series Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Series Volume: vol. 522
Publication Date: December 1998
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 624
Book Size: 921x614x144 234
The study of the nature and dynamics of asteroids, comets, meteor streams, natural satellites and ring systems currently provides a wealth of information on the history and dynamical evolution of the solar system as a whole. This state of the art textbook, based on the recent NATO ASI The Dynamics of Small Bodies in the Solar System and written by the invited lecturers and other participants, provides an invaluable reference volume for all students and researchers in these subjects. The contributions are introduced by specially written reviews from renowned experts in their fields. It is evident that the majority of dynamical astronomers and space researchers interested in solar system studies are currently involved with the study of small natural and artificial bodies in the solar system, and this volume presents them with an up-to-date, synoptic view of these subjects.
Book News Annotation:
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Maratea, Italy,
June-July 1997. Fifty-seven articles discuss: asteroids and trans-
Neptunian Objects, including a study of chaos in the asteroid belt
and a dynamical study of trans-Neptunian objects at the 2:3
resonance; near-earth objects, including a discussion of impact
hazard and collision probability with regard to asteroid and comet
encounters with the Earth, and of galactic perturbations in the
motion of comets; natural and artificial satellites, including study
of the dynamics of planetary rings and small satellites, and of
problems connected with the rotational dynamics of celestial bodies;
few body systems; dynamical systems, including an investigation into
the possible cosmological origin of counterrotating galaxies; and an
epilogic listing of proposed and anticipated future planetary
exploratory missions.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews@booknews.com)
