Space Dynamics and Celestial Mechanics - K. B. Bhatnagar

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Sommaire:
I: Key Note Address.- New Nondeterministic Celestial Mechanics.- II: General Celestial Mechanics.- Periodic Solution of the Three-Dimensional Restricted Three Body Problem Representing Analytic Continuation of Keplerian Rectilinear Periodic Motion.- Stability of Lagrange's Particular Solution in the Plane Photogravitational Unrestricted Problem of Three Bodies.- The Nature of the Critical Inclinations in Artificial Satellite Theory.- An Extension of Jacobian Constant.- On the Last Brown Conjecture.- Qualitative Study of N-Body Problem: Unitized Momentum Transformation and its Application.- On Finite Periodic Orbits Around the Equilateral Solutions of the Planar Restricted Three-Body Problem.- Stability of Time Varying Linear Systems.- A New Transformation of the Two-Body Problem to Oscillator Form.- III: Solar System and Natural Satellites.- Stability of Motions of Asteroids.- On the Possibility of a CUCKOO-EFFECT in the Earth-Moon System.- Influence of Planetary Motion and Radial Alignment of Planets on Sun.- Stability and Evolution of the Minor Bodies of the Solar System.- IV: Stellar Systems and Galaxies.- Trajectory of Space - Like Particles in a Schwarzchild Field.- The Dynamics of Satellite Stellar Systems.- Orbital Evolution of Massive Close Binary Under the Influence of Small Bodies.- Dynamical Systems with Simple Periodic Solutions.- Extragalactic Celestial Mechanics: The Equation of Evolution.- Small Oscillations of Collisionless Gravitating Systems.- Numerical Experiments on the Formation of Tails and Bridges in Galaxies.- V: Orbit Determination and Satellite Theory.- Injection State Vector Estimation from Flight Data Analysis of a Spinning Apogee Stage.- Second Order Solution of a Radial Intermediary in Satellite Theory.- Utilization of AnalyticalMethods for Orbit Determination in High Accuracy Geodetic Positioning.- Analytical Drag Theory of an Artificial Satellite with Small Eccentricity.- A Refined Analysis of the Perturbations on Lageos.- A Computer Program for Orbit Determination Using the Kalman Filter Approach.- Non-linear Planar Oscillation of a Satellite in Elliptical orbit under the Influence of External Forces of General Nature.- Early Orbit Determination Using U-D Covariance Propagation Filter.- VI: Attitude Motion.- Satellite Attitude Acquisition by a Momentum Bias System.- Observer Based Design of Normal Mode Attitude Control for IRS Satellite.- Magnetic Yaw-Roll Control and Momentum Dumping for SROSS.- Attitude Determination of the HIPPARCOS Satellite.- Attitude Determination of a Powered Launch Vehicle Stage With Conventional Satellite Sensors.- VII: Mission Planning and Control.- Some Aspects of Jettisoning Dynamics Related to Launch Vehicle.- Zoom Software: Error Analysis and Accurate Orbit Restitution at CNES.- Orbit Correction Using Jefferys' Method of Least Squares.- Station Keeping Strategy Test, Design and Optimization by Computer Simulation.- Optimal Injection into Near Synchronous Orbit by Three Apogee Motor Burns Accounting for Operational Constraints and Execution Errors.- New Results on Proportional Navigation Trajectories.- Resolution.- Author Index.