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    CELESTIAL MECHANICS 2008


    Practical Information

    Schedule
    Grading rules (swe)

    Lectures

    Lecture I: The Laws of Kepler. Orbital energy.
    Lecture II: Position versus time.
    Lecture III: Calculating ephemerides.
    Lecture IV: Orbit determination and improvement.
    Lecture V: Central orbits. The relativistic two-body problem.
    Lecture VI: The restricted three-body problem.
    Lecture VII: The N-body problem.
    Lecture VIII: Lagrange's Planetary Equations.
    Lecture IX: Elementary rocket physics and orbit transfer

    Assignment

    Instructions (swe)

    Computer Exercise #1

    Instructions

    Computer Exercise #2

    Instructions (read this file first!)
    Setting up SWIFT
    SWIFT - Getting started
    Orbital evolution with SWIFT
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