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This long-awaited new edition of Montenbruck and Pfleger's successful book now includes new chapters on perturbation calculations and on the calculation of physical ephemerides of the major planets and the Sun. The diskette which accompanies the book has also been completely revised. The book provides the reader with numerous programs and instructions for time and date calculation and for treating the two-body problem. Each chapter is carefully structured according to topic and closes with a listing of a relevant program, thereby facilitating use as a practical handbook. Necessary astronomical and numerical fundamentals are also included in the text.
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Astronomy on the Personal Computer
2013, Springer London, Limited
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3662029820 9783662029824
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Astronomy on the Personal Computer
1998, Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Astronomy on the PC provides practical solutions to a variety of astronomical problems. The book includes both astronomical fundamentals and the technical know-how for an implementation of high-quality software. Efficient and precise computer programs help the user to calculate and predict - positions of the Sun, Moon, and the planets - rising and setting times - physical ephemerides of the Sun and the major planets - positions of comets and minor planets (with perturbations) - the central line and local conditions of solar eclipses - stellar occultations - orbits in the solar system from three observations - coordinates from sky photographs Software developers will find a comprehensive collection of efficient Pascal routines. The extensive documentation and selfcontained structure facilitate a fast and reliable development of individual programs. The enclosed diskette contains source texts of all programs for Turbo Pascal on IBM-compatible PCs or Pure Pascal on Atari ST/TT computers. For the new edition the programs have also been made accessible using Windows. Furthermore, an input file for the OCCULT program is now included on the diskette containing the stars of the Zodiacal Catalogue by Robertson.
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