Overview
- Summarizes the latest research on ringed small bodies
- Provides a quick reference for orbital and physical data for known and potentially ringed small bodies
- Includes lookup tables to quickly estimate important quantities without the need for lengthy numerical simulations
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Astronomy (BRIEFSASTRON)
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Before 2013, ringed small bodies were only theoretical. Thus, there are very limited publications available on this relatively new subfield of astronomy. With the introduction of the GAIA catalogue, star positions are now known better than ever before. Since rings are discovered through the use of starlight occultation, we could very well be looking at an explosion of discoveries of ringed small bodies in the near future.
Each chapter is accompanied by exercises, and an end-of-book answer key is provided. As such, this brief will benefit students and researchers alike who wish to have a single document and quick access to the latest information on ringed small bodies and small body taxonomy.
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Book Title: The Dynamics of Small Solar System Bodies
Authors: Jeremy Wood
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Astronomy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28109-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-28108-3Published: 25 September 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-28109-0Published: 13 September 2019
Series ISSN: 2191-9100
Series E-ISSN: 2191-9119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 124
Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Planetary Sciences, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques