Introductory Astronomy & AstrophysicsThis advanced undergraduate text provides broad coverage of astronomy and astrophyscis with a strong emphasis on physics. It has an algebra and trigonometry prerequisite, but calculus is preferred. |
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Contents
Preface Part P Prelude | 1 |
P1 Orbits in the Solar System | 2 |
P13 Vectors | 3 |
Copyright | |
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