Dynamics of Small Solar System Bodies and Exoplanets [electronic resource] / edited by Jean J. Souchay, Rudolf Dvorak.
Series: Lecture Notes in Physics ; 790Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010Description: X, 518 p. 181 illus. online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783642044588
- 523.4 23
- QB600-701

Resonances: Models and Captures -- The Lyapunov Characteristic Exponents and Their Computation -- Asteroid Dynamical Families -- An Introduction to the Dynamics of Trojan Asteroids -- The Physics of Asteroids and Their Junction with Dynamics -- The Gaia Mission and the Asteroids -- Cometary Dynamics -- Dynamical Features of the Oort Cloud Comets -- An Introduction to Common Numerical Integration Codes Used in Dynamical Astronomy -- Dynamical Stability of Extra-Solar Planets.
This book offers an up-to-date overview of current research on Dynamics of Small Solar System Bodies and Exoplanets. In course-tested extensive chapters the authors cover topics of theoretical celestial mechanics, physics and dynamics of asteroids, comets, stability of exoplanets and numerical integration codes applied in dynamical astronomy.