Relativistic celestial mechanics of the solar system /

• Main Author: Kopeĭkin, S. V. (Sergeĭ Vladimirovich)
• Other Authors: Efroimsky, Michael, Kaplan, George H.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2011]
• Subjects: Relativistic astrophysics.; Celestial mechanics.; SCIENCE > Astronomy.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Newtonian celestial mechanics
• Introduction to Special Relativity
• General Relativity
• Relativistic reference frames
• Post-Newtonian coordinate transformations
• Relativistic celestial mechanics
• Relativistic astrometry
• Relativistic geodesy
• Relativity in IAU resolutions
• appendix A. Fundamental solution of the Laplace equation
• appendix B. Astronomical constants
• appendix C. Text of IAU resolutions.