Celestial Mechanics 1104-4A22
1. Historical overview of problems related to celestial mechanics (observations of planetary motion, Kepler laws).
2. Introductory information about Solar System and extrasolar planetary systems.
3. Two body problem and its applications.
4. Perturbations of planetary motion (perturbation equations due to Lagrange, Gauss and Euler)
5. Limited three body problem.
6. Basic astronautics
7. Non gravitational effects in small body motion.
8. Observational data about the Galaxy and other stellar systems
9. Stellar orbits in galactic disc.
10. Statistical description of stellar distribution
11. Two body interactions and relaxation time.
12 Spiral structure.
Course coordinators
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Assessment criteria
home works
test in the middle of the semester
written exam
Oral exam
Practical placement
none
Bibliography
Lecture presentations: http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~kiraga/Mech13.html
Paweł Artymowicz, "Astrofizyka układów planetarnych", PWN, Warszawa 1995.
Stefan Wierzbiński, "Mechnika nieba", PWN, Warszawa 1973.
Forest R. Moulton, "An introduction to celestial mechanics", The MacMillan Company 1914.
Michał Jaroszyński, "Galaktyki i budowa Wszechświata", PWN, Warszawa 1993
James Binney, Scott Tremaine, "Galactic dynamics", Princeton University Press, 1987