Applications of Computer Technology to Dynamical Astronomy: Proceedings of the 109th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Gaithersburg, Maryland, 27–29 July 1988

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Early Applications of Computer Technology to Dynamical Astronomy....Pages 1-9
Applications of Computers to Celestial Mechanics....Pages 11-17
Applications to Stellar and Galactic Dynamics....Pages 19-26
Application of Computer in Qualitative Studies of Celestial Mechanics....Pages 27-30
Leading Spiral Arms, Retrograde Galaxy Encounters and Massive Halos....Pages 31-36
On Construction of Analytic Solutions to the Three Body Problem by Use of Computer Experiments....Pages 37-43
The Use of Computer Algorithms in the Construction of a Theory of the Long-Period Perturbations of Saturn’s Satellite Hyperion....Pages 45-53
Some Numerical Aspects in a Search for I =1 Periodiic Orbits for Hecuba Asteroids....Pages 55-60
SHORDE I Program System and Applications....Pages 61-64
A Semi-Numerical Expansion of the Averaged Disturbing Function for Some Very-High-Eccentricity Orbits....Pages 65-68
Symbolic Algebra Software for Planetary Theories....Pages 69-72
Tests of the Extrapolation Method for the Numerical Integration of the Keplerian Motion....Pages 73-76
Application of a Massively Parallel Computer to the N-body Problem....Pages 77-80
Hydrodynamical Models of Elliptical Galaxies....Pages 81-82
A Multifluid Code for Problems of Elliptical Galaxy Formation and Evolution....Pages 83-84
3D Hydrodynamics and Radiative Transfer....Pages 85-88
First-order and Second-order 3-D Hydrodynamics: A Comparison....Pages 89-92
Chaotic Dynamics and Monte Carlo Modelling....Pages 93-98
Software Tools for Nonlinear Dynamics....Pages 99-102
Computer Algebra, Lie Transforms and the Nonlinear Stability of L 4 ....Pages 103-104
Solution of an Infinite Number of Inequations Depending on a Continuous Parameter and Application to the Solution of Equations in Dynamical Astronomy....Pages 105-110
Planet Crossing Asteroids and Parallel Computing: Project Spaceguard....Pages 111-118
Implementation of an N-body Code in a HP 1000 Computer....Pages 119-124
Computer Applications to Lunar and Artificial Satellite Laser Ranging....Pages 125-128
The Use of Image Processors for Acquisition and Reduction of Astrometric Data in Real Time....Pages 129-133
Modeling of Asymmetric Light Curves of Eclipsing Binaries on the Cyber 205 Supercomputer....Pages 135-139
Galaxies in the Connection Machine....Pages 141-147
Specialized Celestial Mechanics Systems for Symbolic Manipulation....Pages 149-162
On a Restricted (2n + 3)-Body Problem....Pages 163-168
The Simplex Method for Nonlinear Mass Determinations....Pages 169-174
An Optimum Method for Calculating Restricted Three-Body Orbits....Pages 175-180
The Constrained Normal form Algorithm....Pages 181-187
Simplify or Perish....Pages 189-200
The Stability of the Lagrangian Point L 4 ....Pages 201-206
Computer Implementation of a New Approach to the Ideal Resonance Problem....Pages 207-211
A Laboratory for Gravitational Scattering Experiments....Pages 213-218
Problem Oriented Language for Ephemeris Astronomy and Its Realisation in the System ERA....Pages 219-229
Numerical Integration Methods in Dynamical Astronomy....Pages 231-244
A Survey of Poisson Series Processors....Pages 245-253
A Fortran-Based Poisson Series Processor and It’s Applications in Celestial Mechanics....Pages 255-265
PARSEC: An Interactive Poisson Series Processor for Personal Computing Systems....Pages 267-274
The problem of the Eulerian oscillations: a weakness of numerical versus analytical methods....Pages 275-280
A Semi-Analytical Method to Study Perturbed Rotational Motion....Pages 281-284
Computational Studies of Cloudy Gaseous Galactic Disks....Pages 285-292
Synthetic Secular Theories of the Planetary Orbits: Regular and Chaotic Behavior....Pages 293-304
Numerical Representation of Planetary Ephemerides....Pages 305-310
Compressed Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides....Pages 311-316
An Analytical Representation of Ephemeris Data....Pages 317-320
Numerical Simulations of Narrow Planetary Rings: An Animation....Pages 321-322
Electronic Almanacs — Mating the Message and the Medium....Pages 323-326
Back Matter....Pages 327-341