The Dynamics of Small Solar System Bodies

• Main Author: Wood, Jeremy (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Astronomy,
• Subjects: Planetary science.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Planetary Sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

This SpringerBrief summarizes the latest relevant research and discoveries that have been made in the area of ringed small bodies and small body taxonomy, including those that lay the groundwork for future discoveries. Before 2013, ringed small bodies were only theoretical. Thus, there are very limi...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• The Science of Small Solar System Bodies
• A Brief Review of Cosmological Models
• Modern Orbital Mechanics
• Populations of Small Solar System Bodies
• Ringed Small Bodies
• Answer Key
• References.