For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Course 2C: Practical Astronomy: Course 1B and Mathematics 2B
(or its equivalent) prerequisite.—Spherical Astronomy and theory of
astronomical instruments, with practical exercises in making and reducing
astronomical observations. Hours by appointment. McCormick
Observatory.
Course 3C: Theoria Motus: Course 1B and Mathematics 2B (or
its equivalent) prerequisite.—Formation and integration of the differential
equations of motion for an undisturbed body, determination of
the position of a planet from known elements, of an elliptic orbit
from three complete observations, of an orbit from four observations
of which only two are complete, of an orbit from any number of
observations employing the method of least squares. Hours by appointment.
Cabell Hall.
Course 4C: Celestial Mechanics: Course 1B and Mathematics 2B
(or its equivalent) prerequisite.—The principal subjects considered are
rectilinear motion, central forces, potential, problems of two, three
and n bodies, perturbations, determination of a preliminary orbit.
Hours by appointment. Cabell Hall.
