Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Determining orbits for natural and artificial celestial bodies is an essential step in the exploration and understanding of the Solar System. However, recent progress in the quality and quantity of data from astronomical observations and spacecraft tracking has generated orbit determination problems which cannot be handled by classical algorithms. This book presents new algorithms capable of handling the millions of bodies which could be observed by next generation surveys, and which can fully exploit tracking data with state-of-the-art levels of accuracy. After a general mathematical background and summary of classical algorithms, the new algorithms are introduced using the latest mathematical tools and results, to which the authors have personally contributed. Case studies based on actual astronomical surveys and space missions are provided, with applications of these new methods. Intended for graduate students and researchers in applied mathematics, physics, astronomy and aerospace engineering, this book is also of interest to non-professional astronomers.

Orbit determination --- Celestial mechanics --- Orbit determination. --- Celestial mechanics. --- Gravitational astronomy --- Mechanics, Celestial --- Astrophysics --- Mechanics --- Determination of orbits --- Orbits --- Determination

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book discusses the design of new space missions and their use for a better understanding of the dynamical behaviour of solar system bodies, which is an active field of astrodynamics. Space missions gather data and observations that enable new breakthroughs in our understanding of the origin, evolution and future of our solar system and Earth’s place within it. Covering topics such as satellite and space mission dynamics, celestial mechanics, spacecraft navigation, space exploration applications, artificial satellites, space debris, minor bodies, and tidal evolution, the book presents a collection of contributions given by internationally respected scientists at the summer school “Satellite Dynamics and Space Missions: Theory and Applications of Celestial Mechanics”, held in 2017 at San Martino al Cimino, Viterbo (Italy). This school aimed to teach the latest theories, tools and methods developed for satellite dynamics and space, and as such the book is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in the field of celestial mechanics and aerospace engineering.

Solar system --- Dynamics. --- Ergodic theory. --- Mechanics. --- Statistical physics. --- Applied mathematics. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Physics. --- Mathematical physics. --- Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory. --- Classical Mechanics. --- Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory. --- Applications of Mathematics. --- Mathematical Methods in Physics. --- Mathematical Physics. --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- Mathematical statistics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Quantum theory --- Ergodic transformations --- Continuous groups --- Mathematical physics --- Measure theory --- Transformations (Mathematics) --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Statics --- Statistical methods

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)