Table of Contents

The restless universe. Coordinate and time-keeping systems. The reduction of observational data. The two-body problem. The many-body problem. General perturbations. Special perturbations. The stability and evolution of the solar system. Lunar theory. Artificial satellites. Rocket dynamics and transfer orbits. Interplanetary and lunar trajectories. Orbit determination and interplanetary navigation. Binary and other few-body systems. Many-body stellar systems. Answers to problems. Appendices. Index