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List of contents
Session on Planetary Dynamics (Chairman: J. Henrard).- Integration Error over Very Long Time Spans.- Alternative Representation of Planetary Perturbations (abstract only).- Fitting a Line to a Sine.- Stable Planetary Orbits Around One Component in Nearby Binary Stars.- Planet X - The Current Status.- Session on Resonance Problem (Chairman: J. Schubart).- On Resonance.- The 3/2 Resonance.- Sweeping Through a Second Order Resonance.- Secular Resonances: New Results.- Normal Co-Ordinates and Asymptotic Expansions in Resonance Cases in Celestial Mechanics.- The Critical Inclination Problem: 30 Years of Progress.- Limils of Predictability of Gravitational Systems.- Session on General Dynamical Systems (Chairman: R. Dvorak).- Short and Long Period Orbits.- Stability of Particle Orbits.- A Small Example of Arnold Diffusion.- Area-preserving Poincaré Mappings of the Unit Disk.- Two-Body Motion in the Post-Newtonian Approximation.- The General Kepler Equation and Its Solutions.- Integration Theory for the Restricted Three-Body Problem with Application to P-Type Orbits.- Physical Time and Astronomical "Time".- Session on Comets and Asteroids (Chairman: V. Szebehely).- Cometary Dynamics.- Monte Carlo Modelling of Cometary Dynamics.- Orbital Evolution Studies of Planet-Crossing Asteroids.- Long Periodic Perturbations of Trojan Asteroids.- Resonant Asteroids Between the Main Belt and Jupiter's Orbit.- On the Past Orbital History of Comet P/Halley.- Long Term Evolution of Comet Halleys Orbit (abstract).- On the Stochasticity of Halley Like Comets.- Session on Satellites (Chairman: S. Ferraz-Mello).- Long-Term Evolution of the Orbits of Natural Satellites.- Elliptical Hill's Problem (Large and Small Impact Parameters).- New Results on the Possible Chaotic Motion ofEnceladus.- Session on Periodic Orbits (Chairman: C. Froeschlé).- Periodic Orbits of the Planetary Type and Their Stability.- Stability of Periodic Resonance-Orbits in the Elliptic Restricted 3-Body Problem.- Bounded Orbits in the Elliptic Restricted Three-Body Problem.- Reports on Evening Discussions.- Discussion of Current Status of Planet X.- Relation Between Small Bodies: Discussion.- Predictability in Dynamical Systems.- Call for Papers.
About the author
Rudolf Dvorak, now serving at the Institute of Astronomy in Vienna, has gained research experience in planet research at international institutions including the Bureau des Longitudes in Paris. More than 130 publications provide proof.
Summary
Proceedings of the Alexander von Humboldt Colloquium on Celestial Mechanics held in Ramsau, Austria, March 13-19, 1988
