Celestial Mechanics

CONTENTSIntroductionAncient Conceptions Concerning the Motions of the Sun, Moon, Planets and StarsThe Geometry of Planetary Motions from Copernicus to KeplerThe Discovery of the Law of GravitationThe Attraction of Material Bodies of Different ShapesExperimental Detection of Attraction between Material Bodies on EarthNewton's Law---The Theoretical Basis of Celestial MotionCelestial Motion and the Two-Body ProblemThe Concept of Perturbed Motion. Celestial Mechanics and Practical AstronomyWays of Describing Perturbed Motion. The Variational OrbitThe Problem of Motion in the Solar SystemSuccessive Approximations in the Theory of Motion of Heavenly BodiesThe Discovery of NeptunePeriodic and Secular PerturbationsNumerical Methods in Celestial MechanicsSatellite TheoryArtificial Earth Satellites and Their MotionThe Motions of AsteroidsPlanetary RotationProblems of Qualitative Celestial MechanicsStellar Motions and the Law of GravitationWhat is Gravitation?AppendixRyabov, Y. is the author of 'Celestial Mechanics' with ISBN 9781410217998 and ISBN 141021799X.