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Applications of Computer Technology to Dynamical Astronomy

Proceedings of the 109th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Gaithersburg, Maryland, 27–29 July 1988

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. P. Kenneth Seidelmann

    1. U.S. Naval Observatory, USA

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  2. Jean Kovalevsky

    1. CERGA, Grasse, France

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Table of contents (50 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Applications of Computers to Solving Problems

    1. Early Applications of Computer Technology to Dynamical Astronomy

      • Raynor L. Duncombe
      Pages 1-9

    2. Applications of Computers to Celestial Mechanics

      • J. Kovalevsky
      Pages 11-17

    3. Applications to Stellar and Galactic Dynamics

      • R. H. Miller
      Pages 19-26

    4. Application of Computer in Qualitative Studies of Celestial Mechanics

      • Lin Liu, Yi-Sui Sun
      Pages 27-30

    5. Leading Spiral Arms, Retrograde Galaxy Encounters and Massive Halos

      • Gene G. Byrd, M. Thomasson, K. J. Donner, B. Sundelius, T. Y. Huang, M. J. Valtonen
      Pages 31-36

    6. On Construction of Analytic Solutions to the Three Body Problem by Use of Computer Experiments

      • M. J. Valtonen, S. Mikkola, T. Y. Huang
      Pages 37-43

    7. The Use of Computer Algorithms in the Construction of a Theory of the Long-Period Perturbations of Saturn’s Satellite Hyperion

      • P. J. Message
      Pages 45-53

    8. Some Numerical Aspects in a Search for I=1 Periodiic Orbits for Hecuba Asteroids

      • T. Kiang
      Pages 55-60

    9. SHORDE I Program System and Applications

      • He Miaofu, Wenyao Zhu, Chugang Feng, Cheng Huang, Hua Chang
      Pages 61-64

    10. A Semi-Numerical Expansion of the Averaged Disturbing Function for Some Very-High-Eccentricity Orbits

      • S. Ferraz-Mello
      Pages 65-68

    11. Symbolic Algebra Software for Planetary Theories

      • F. Váradi
      Pages 69-72

    12. Tests of the Extrapolation Method for the Numerical Integration of the Keplerian Motion

      • Toshio Fukushima
      Pages 73-76

    13. Application of a Massively Parallel Computer to the N-body Problem

      • Paul Hertz, Stephen L. W. McMillan
      Pages 77-80

    14. Hydrodynamical Models of Elliptical Galaxies

      • E. Moreno, P. Pişmiş
      Pages 81-82

    15. A Multifluid Code for Problems of Elliptical Galaxy Formation and Evolution

      • E. Athanassoula, S. Morin, K. H. Prendergast
      Pages 83-84

    16. 3D Hydrodynamics and Radiative Transfer

      • A. P. Boss
      Pages 85-88

    17. First-order and Second-order 3-D Hydrodynamics: A Comparison

      • Harold A. Williams
      Pages 89-92

    18. Chaotic Dynamics and Monte Carlo Modelling

      • C. Froeschlé, H. Rickman
      Pages 93-98

    19. Software Tools for Nonlinear Dynamics

      • A. Abad, A. Elipe, M. L. Sein-Echaluce
      Pages 99-102
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  • U.S. Naval Observatory, USA

    P. Kenneth Seidelmann

  • CERGA, Grasse, France

    Jean Kovalevsky

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