Methods of Celestial Mechanics

Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Pages v-vii CHAPTER I - ELLIPTIC MOTION , Pages 1-59 CHAPTER II - EXPANSIONS IN ELLIPTIC MOTION , Pages 60-114 CHAPTER III - GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION BETWEEN BODIES OF FINITE DIMENSIONS , Pages 115-133 CHAPTER IV - CALCULUS OF FINITE DIFFERENCES , Pages 134-166 CHAPTER V - NUMERICAL INTEGRATION OF ORBITS , Pages 167-186 CHAPTER VI - ABERRATION , Pages 187-200 CHAPTER VII - COMPARISON OF OBSERVATION AND THEORY , Pages 201-209 CHAPTER VIII - THE METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES , Pages 210-232 CHAPTER IX - THE DIFFERENTIAL CORRECTION OF ORBITS , Pages 233-248 CHAPTER X - GENERAL INTEGRALS. EQUILIBRIUM SOLUTIONS , Pages 249-272 CHAPTER XI - VARIATION OF ARBITRARY CONSTANTS , Pages 273-307 CHAPTER XII - LUNAR THEORY , Pages 308-375 CHAPTER XIII - PERTURBATIONS OF THE COORDINATES , Pages 376-415 CHAPTER XIV - HANSEN'S METHOD , Pages 416-464 CHAPTER XV - THE DISTURBING FUNCTION , Pages 465-506 CHAPTER XVI - SECULAR PERTURBATIONS , Pages 507-529 CHAPTER XVII - CANONICAL VARIABLES , Pages 530-593 INDEX , Pages 595-598