Astronomy on the Personal Computer/Book and Disk - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387577009 ISBN 13: 9780387577005

Synopsis

This long-awaited new edition of Montebruck and Pfleger's successful book now includes new chapters on perturbation calculations and on the calculation of physical ephemerides of the major planets and the Sun. The diskette which accompanies the book has also been completely revised. The book provides the reader with numerous programs and instructions for time and date calculation and for treating the two-body problem. Each chapter is carefully structured according to topic and closes with a listing of a relevant program, thereby facilitating use as a practical handbook. Necessary astronomical and numerical fundamentals are also included in the text.

Edition details

• Publication date: 1800
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387577009
• ISBN 13: 9780387577005
• Binding: Hardcover