CELESTIAL MECHANICS

Jeff Kaplan, Jennifer Mitchel, D. Martin Ma, Knicole Colon, Kirsten Ruch, Parker Meares, Brandon Levan, Joe Kowalski, Deepali Dhar, Tyler Patla

Advisor: Professor Steve Surace
Teaching Assistant: Sally Warner

ABSTRACT

Celestial Mechanics is the study of the motion of heavenly bodies such as stars, the planets, the sun, and the moon. The practice of searching the skies for both philosophical and mathematical answers has been with humans since time immemorial. Some of the first mathematics ever to be derived and utilized by the ancients was directly influenced by the cosmos; the skies above have posed mysteries and questions, since man first learned to ask.

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