Modern Celestial Mechanics: From Theory to Applications: Proceedings of the Third Meeting on Celestical Mechanics — CELMEC III, held in Rome, Italy, 18–22 June, 2001

Front Matter....Pages i-x
GOCE: The Earth Gravity Field by Space Gradiometry....Pages 1-15
Symmetries and Rank Deficiency in the Orbit Determination around Another Planet....Pages 17-33
The Rotation of Europa....Pages 35-47
Resonant Fly-by Missions to near Earth Asteroids....Pages 49-62
Analysis of the Space Debris Impacts Risk on the International Space Station....Pages 63-76
On the Stability of the Terrestrial Planets as Models for Exosolar Planetary Systems....Pages 77-95
Generalized Averaging Principle and the Secular Evolution of Planet Crossing Orbits....Pages 97-120
Probing the Nekhoroshev Stability of Asteroids....Pages 121-140
Resonant Periodic Motion and the Stability of Extrasolar Planetary Systems....Pages 141-154
Stability in the Full Two-Body Problem....Pages 155-169
Geometry of Chaos in Models of Stellar Dynamics....Pages 171-190
Order and Chaos in Self-Consistent Galactic Models....Pages 191-204
On the Relationship between Fast Lyapunov Indicator and Periodic Orbits for Continuous Flows....Pages 205-222
Effective Hamiltonian for the D’Alembert Planetary Model near a Spin/Orbit Resonance....Pages 223-237
A Systematic Study of the Stability of Symmetric Periodic Orbits in the Planar, Circular, Restricted Three-Body Problem....Pages 239-255
Estimate of the Transition Value of Librational Invariant Curves....Pages 257-274
Ideal Resonance Problem: The Post-Post-Pendulum Approximation....Pages 275-289
The Web of Periodic Orbits at L 4 ....Pages 291-302
Long-Term Stability Analysis of Quasi Integrable Degenerate Systems through the Spectral Formulation of the Nekhoroshev Theorem....Pages 303-323
How the Method of Minimization of Action Avoids Singularities....Pages 325-353
Non-Existence of the Modified First Integral by Symplectic Integration Methods II: Kepler Problem....Pages 355-364
Dynamical Evolution of the Adeona and Gefion Asteroid Families....Pages 365-368
On the Expansion of the External Gravitational Potential in Spheroidal Harmonics....Pages 369-374
Periodic Orbits Approximation of Analyticity Domains of Invariant Curves....Pages 375-378
Low Δ V Orbit Insertion in Interplanetary Missions....Pages 379-382
Long—Term Dynamics of the Tunguska Cosmic Body....Pages 383-388
On the Triangular Points of the Sun-Jupiter System....Pages 389-392
Inter-Comparisons between Numerical Integrations and Analytical Theory for the Solar System....Pages 393-396
The Central Manifold for the Collinear Libration Points....Pages 397-402
Periodic Orbits of Trans-Neptunian Objects at the 2/3 and 3/4 Resonances....Pages 403-406
Rotation of Natural Shaped Satellites and Their Orbital Motion....Pages 407-410
From Kolmogorov’s Normalization Algorithm to the Orbits in the Three-Body Planetary Problem....Pages 411-415
Dynamical Behaviour of Asteroids in the Region a < 2 AU....Pages 417-422
Study of the Hamiltonian Normal form near a Resonant Periodic Orbit....Pages 423-426
Asteroid (9934) Caccioppoli: What’s in a Name?....Pages 427-429
A Stability Study of S-Type Orbits in the Binary Gliese 86....Pages 431-434
Non—Integrability Tests of Weakly Integrable Systems....Pages 435-440
Application of the Frequency Map Analysis to the Global Dynamics in the Solar System....Pages 441-446
Realistic Estimations of the Effective Stability Region of the Trojan Asteroids....Pages 447-450
Diffusion of Asteroids in Mean Motion Resonances....Pages 451-454
Orbital Behaviour of the Inner Faint Jovian Satellites: Modelling the Motion of JXIV Thebe....Pages 455-458
Stable Chaos in Mean Motion Resonances....Pages 459-462
Tethys’ Eccentricity from the Observations of Mimas: A Way to Understand the Evolution of the Mimas-Tethys System....Pages 463-466
Interaction of the Yarkovsky-Drifting Orbits with Weak Resonances: Numerical Evidence and Challenges....Pages 467-472
Temporary Capture....Pages 473-476