Physics of Planetary Rings: Celestial Mechanics of Continuous Media (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783642084379)

Physics of Planetary Rings describes striking structures of the planetary rings of Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, and Neptune: Narrow ringlets, spiral waves, and a chain of clumps. The author has contributed essential ideas to the full understanding of planetary rings via the stability analysis of dynamical systems. The combination of a high-quality description, the set of interesting illustrations, as well as the fascinating and natural presentation will make this book of considerable interest to astronomers, physicists, and mathematicians as well as students. There is no competing text for this book so far.

Author: Alexei M. Fridman, Nikolai N. Gorkavyi
ISBN-10: 3642084370
ISBN-13: 9783642084379
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2010
Pages: 437
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.93d