Modern Celestial Mechanics

Celestial mechanics has achieved spectacular results on the structure and evolution of our Solar System in the last 20 years. This book describes recent results on Solar System dynamics, with a solid theoretical basis and is strongly focused on the dynamics of planets and of small bodies. It begins by presenting the fundamental concepts of Hamiltonian systems theory necessary to work at ease in celestial mechanics. Celestial mechanics itself is then considered including the secular motion of planets and small bodies and mean motion resonances. Modern Celestial Mechanics will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers of astronomy and astrophysics.