Dynamics of Extended Celestial Bodies and Rings

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Souchay, Jean (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 682
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; Mechanics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

Taking both a theoretical and observational perspective, this book is an introduction to recent developments in the field of celestial mechanics. It emphasizes the application to extended celestial bodies and devotes much attention to rotational aspects. In particular, it explains the state of art f...

Table of Contents:

• Spinning Bodies: A Tutorial
• Physics of the Earth’s Interior, Deformation and Rotation
• Modelling and Characterizing the Earth’s Gravity Field: From Basic Principles to Current Purposes
• Asteroids from Observations to Models
• Modelling Collisions Between Asteroids: From Laboratory Experiments to Numerical Simulations
• Geometric Conditions for Quasi-Collisions in öpik’s Theory
• The Synchronous Rotation of the Moon
• The Spin-Orbit Rotation of Mercury
• Dynamics of Planetary Rings.