Theories of Figures of Celestial Bodies " — The Mallet

" — The Mallet

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Theories of Figures of Celestial Bodies " — The MalletEverything in the universe rotates: the meteors, the asteroids, the planets and their satellites, the sun, the stars, the clusters and nebulae, even the galaxies themselves. The problem of the shape of a rotating body is therefore universal in astronomy. Its treatment in this book, which deals with the figures of equilibrium and distortions of rotating bodies, is full and rigorous. Suitable for upper level undergraduates and graduate students, this