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GE/AY 137 Planetary Physics

All effects of Nature are only mathematical consequences of a small number of immutable laws.

- P. S. Laplace

Texts:

Solar System Dynamics (1999) by C. Murray & S. Dermott

Modern Celestial Mechanics: Aspects of Solar System Dynamics (2002) by A. Morbidelli (pdf)

Reading 1: Chapter 1 of Morby's book, Chapter 2 of MD99

Homework set 1:  HW1.pdf
Mathematica example: Hamiltonian.nb

Homework set 2: HW2.pdf

Homework set 3: HW3.pdf

Homework set 4: HW4.pdf