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celestial mechanics
celestial mechanics the study of the motions of astronomical bodies as they move under the influence of their mutual gravitation . Celestial mechanics analyzes the orbital motions of planets, dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, and natural and artificial satellites within the solar system as well as... Read more
mechanics
mechanics branch of physics concerned with motion and the forces that tend to cause it; it includes study of the mechanical properties of matter , such as density , elasticity , and viscosity . Mechanics may be roughly divided into statics and dynamics ; statics deals with bodies at re... Read more
Tullio Levi-Civita
Tullio Levi-Civita , 1873-1942, Italian mathematician. He taught at the universities of Padua (1898-1919) and Rome (1919-38) and was noted for his researches in pure geometry, hydrodynamics, celestial mechanics, and tensor analysis (see tensor ), on which Einstein's work depended in part. He wrote ... Read more
Sir George Biddell Airy
Sir George Biddell Airy 1801-92, English astronomer. The son of a poor farmer, he distinguished himself as Senior Wrangler at Cambridge, where he was elected fellow of Trinity College (1824) and appointed professor (1826). As Astronomer Royal and director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 183... Read more
Willem de Sitter
Willem de Sitter , 1872-1934, Dutch astronomer and mathematician. He was professor from 1908 at the Univ. of Leiden and in 1919 became director of its observatory. His early work on the motions of Jupiter and its satellites contributed to the downfall of the pre-Einstein celestial mechanics. Using E... Read more
Trojan asteroids
Trojan asteroids two groups of asteroids that revolve about the sun in the same orbit as Jupiter; one group is about 60° ahead of the planet in the orbit, the other about 60° behind it. In 1990, a similar asteroid, Eureka, was found in the orbit of Mars. Some of the Trojan asteroids are c... Read more
Jules Henri Poincaré
Jules Henri Poincaré , 1854-1912, French mathematician, physicist, and author. He was from 1881 connected with the faculty of sciences at the Univ. of Paris. One of the greatest mathematicians of his age, Poincaré, by research in the theory of functions, especially the automorphic, Fuc... Read more
planetarium
planetarium optical device used to project a representation of the heavens onto a domed ceiling; the term also designates the building that houses such a device. A modern planetarium consists of as many as 150 motor-driven projectors mounted on an axis. As the axis moves, beams of light are emitted... Read more
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton 1642-1727, English mathematician and natural philosopher (physicist), who is considered by many the greatest scientist that ever lived. Early Life and Work Newton studied at Cambridge and was professor there from 1669 to 1701, succeeding his teacher Isaac Barrow as Lucasi... Read more
astronaut
astronaut crew member on a U.S. manned spaceflight mission; the Soviet term is cosmonaut. Candidates for manned spaceflight are carefully screened to meet the highest physical and mental standards, and they undergo rigorous training. The early astronauts had all previously been test pilots, but l... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "celestial mechanics"

celestial mechanics
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition celestial mechanics the study of the motions of astronomical...influence of their mutual gravitation . Celestial mechanics analyzes the orbital motions...universal gravitation are the basis for celestial mechanics; for some objects, general...
mechanics
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Modern Mechanics Modern mechanics dates from the work of Galileo...it to explain not only the mechanics of bodies on the earth but...The first system of modern mechanics to explain successfully all...phenomena, both terrestrial and celestial, was that of Isaac Newton...
astronomy
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...components in terms of the relative motions of celestial bodies, their positions on the celestial sphere, physical and chemical structure...phenomena occurring on them. It includes celestial mechanics, astrophysics , cosmology , and astrometry...
Jules Henri Poincaré
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...contributions to mathematical analysis, celestial mechanics, and the philosophy of science...ground in mathematical physics, celestial mechanics, and nearly every...convergent series through his work in celestial mechanics. This led to further...
Benjamin Peirce
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...to the fields of astronomy, mechanics, and geology. His contributions...Traite de Mecanique Celeste ( Celestial Mechanics ). The translation was published...Peirce better opportunity to study celestial phenomena. The telescope was...
Bowditch, Nathaniel
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...Bowditch mastered mathematics, celestial mechanics, French, and German, and familiarized...also published extensively on celestial mechanics, mathematics, and...himself as the leading American celestial mechanician and mathematician...
Milankovich, M.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...items for investigation: the problem of the celestial mechanics, the question of how much solar energy arrives...the University of Belgrade in 1909 and taught mechanics, physics, and celestial mechanics. His output of research was large...
artificial satellite
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...orbit around the earth or other celestial body (see also space probe...controlled by the same laws of celestial mechanics that govern the motions of natural...micrometeorites, and properties of celestial objects that are difficult or...
planetarium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...optimum conditions. The motions of the celestial bodies are accurately represented...motions that may actually take the celestial bodies days or years to complete...use as an aid in the teaching of celestial mechanics.
Lagrange, Joseph-Louis (1736–1813)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...Paris Academy on questions in celestial mechanics. He won the grand prize several...other topics in solid and fluid mechanics throughout his career, he summarized...There he proposed to establish mechanics as a series of general formulas...

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celestial mechanics
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy celestial mechanics The branch of astronomy that deals with the motions of bodies in orbit, such as planets, natural and artificial satellites...
Chazy, Jean François
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Paris. France, 9 March 1955), celestial mechanics . The author of a thesis on differential...problems, he did great work in celestial mechanics. Chazy was born into...those of analytical mechanics and celestial mechanics. He was elected a...
Puiseux, Victor
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...September 1883) mathematics, mechanics, celestial mechanics. Puiseux spent his...complex variable before turning to celestial mechanics. In 1857, having...mechanics, mathematical analysis, celestial mechanics, and observational...
Moiseev, Nikolay Dmitrievich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...S.R., 6 December 1955) celestial mechanics, astronomy, mathematics. After...director of the department of celestial mechanics at the University of...leader of the Moscow school of celestial mechanics, Moiseev published...
Bour, Edmond
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1886) mathematics, analytical mechanics, celestial mechanics . Bour, the son of...He also wrote two theses in celestial mechanics, one on the three...theoretical and applied mechanics, and celestial mechanics. In mechanics his...
Kovalsky, Marian Albertovich (Voytekhovich)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x201C; On the Principles of Mechanics ” ). In 1847 he...studying the basic works on celestial mechanics of Laplace, Lagrange...important in the areas of celestial mechanics, astronomy, and...important work (1852) on celestial mechanics was his doctoral...
Idelson, Naum Ilich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x2014; theoretical astronomy and celestial mechanics. In 1914 Idelson was elected...Kazan, where he lectured on celestial mechanics at Kazan University...were fundamental astrometry, celestial mechanics, and the history of...
Hirayama, Kiyotsugu
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Tokyo, Japan, 8 April 1943) Celestial mechanics . Hirayama graduated in 1896...the United States and studied celestial mechanics under Ernet W. Brown...that a key to the problems of celestial mechanics lies in the movements...
Meshchersky, Ivan Vsevolodovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...S.R., 7 January 1935) mechanics, mathematics. Meshchersky...he simultaneously studied mechanics. He graduated in 1882 but...appointed to the chair of mechanics at the St. Petersburg Women...central force led to a new celestial mechanics; he was further...
Hansen, Peter Andreas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the sky in terms of Newtonian celestial mechanics. His first major work was an...Hansen ’ s work in celestial mechanics constitutes the main...considered the greatest master of celestial mechanics since Laplace. In...

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Celestial mechanics, sea-level changes, and intertidal ecology.
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...paleoclimates have been based, since the late 1800s, on celestial mechanics, especially the Earth's orbital eccentricity...and offer examples showing that the effects of celestial mechanics (beyond the obvious ties to tidal cycles and the...
Orbital and Celestial Mechanics
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering; 6/1/1998; ; 334 words ; Orbital and Celestial Mechanics. John P. Vinti. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics...presents the work of a noted pioneer in the field of orbital and celestial mechanics. Early chapters provide the fundamentals, leading up to the...
Quantization state of baryonic mass in clusters of galaxies.(quantum celestial mechanics )
Magazine article from: Progress in Physics; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...detected. As an alternative approach, quantum celestial mechanics (QCM) predicts that galactic clusters are in...cluster core and in the outer regions; (3) quantum celestial mechanics (QCM) derived [3] from the general relativistic...
Eclipsed; Celestial mechanics of an amber moon rising.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/10/2001; 700+ words ; ...completely. Last night the moon was totally covered for approximately half an hour. Prof Cruise added that because of celestial mechanics eclipses can be predicted to the second for up to 100 years. 'With the knowledge available today we can determine...
Celestial mechanics.(asteroid observations)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 3/6/1999; 700+ words ; A rock in a hard place ON FEBRUARY 23rd an asteroid called 1999BJ8 sailed past the Earth at a distance of 5m kilometres (3m miles)-a pretty close shave by astronomical standards. This is just one of several hundred rocks, varying in size from a few metres to a few kilometres across, whose orbits
Letter: Celestial spheres
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/8/1999; ; 338 words ; ...byway in the whole of science: celestial mechanics". As a planetary scientist...solar system, I believe that celestial mechanics belongs to the highway...the byway of science. Using celestial mechanics we can now understand...
Math unites the celestial and the atomic.(NEWS WATCH)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Scientific Computing; 11/1/2005; 700+ words ; ...parallel between the mathematics of celestial mechanics and the math governing some aspects of atomic physics. For instance, celestial bodies move in paths according to...the shape of the "highways' in celestial systems.
Crumb's celestial, poetic compositions recognized in Nebraska
News Wire article from: University Wire; 3/23/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...at the NU School of Music. The piece, titled "Celestial Mechanics" was composed in 1979, and is the fourth in a series titled "Makrokosmos." "Celestial Mechanics" contains four parts, named after stars of the...
The long arm of the celestial repairman.(Solar and Heliospheric Observatory to be repaired in space)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/17/1998; 700+ words ; ...found ways of doing just that. The latest triumph of these celestial mechanics is the revival of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory...means the most spectacular example of the long-distance mechanic's art. The laurels for that probably belong to the rescuers...
Foundations of mechanics, 2d ed.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 9/1/2008; 550 words ; 9780821844380 Foundations of mechanics, 2d ed. Abraham, Ralph and...qualitative dynamics, and celestial mechanics. Chapter exercises are included...interested in geometrical methods in mechanics, assuming a background in calculus...