Compendium in Astronomy A Volume Dedicated to Professor John Xanthakis on the Occasion of Completing Twenty-five Years of Scientific Activities as Fellow of the National Academy of Athens

Compendium in Astronomy A Volume Dedicated to Professor John Xanthakis on the Occasion of Completing Twenty-five Years of Scientific Activities as Fellow of the National Academy of Athens / edited by Elias G. Mariolopoulos, Pericles S. Theocaris, Lysimachos N. Mavrides.

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Other Authors: Mariolopoulos, Elias G. (Editor), Theocaris, Pericles S. (Editor), Mavrides, Lysimachos N. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1982.
Edition:1st ed. 1982.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Observations, Astronomical.
Astronomy—Observations.
Astrophysics.
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Table of Contents:
  • I: History and Philosophy
  • Episteme and Gnosis. A Tension in European Thought
  • A New, Rational Endeavour for Understanding the Eratosthenes Numerical Result of the Earth Meridian Measurement
  • Astronomical Activity in the Period 1600 to 1880
  • II: Dynamics
  • The Behaviour of Adiabatic Invariants near Resonances
  • Radiation Pressure Effect on Dust Surrounding the Pleiades Bright Stars
  • Trapping of Orbits in Barred Galaxies
  • On the Stability of the Asteroids
  • III: Solar Physics
  • Solar Magnetic Fields and Activity
  • The Experimental Curve of Growth in Function of Different Sets of Oscillator Strengths
  • Relations of Solar Activity Indices
  • Why the Total Solar Radio Flux at a Wave Length of 10cm Cannot Fully Replace the Wolf Relative Sunspot Number
  • Increasing Trend of Flare Activity Before the Proton Flare April 30, 1976
  • Centimeter Wavelength Observations of Active Regions and Flares with a Few Arc Second Resolution
  • A Correlation Between Various Indices of Solar Activity and Solar Cycles
  • IV: Solar-Terrestrial Relations
  • Caractères Météorologiques du Climat, et Activité Solaire: Quelques Remarques
  • A Suggested Approach to Research on the Sun-Weather Problem
  • V: Planetary System
  • Observations of Zodiacal Light in Egypt and its Variations
  • On the Global Size of Oort’s Cloud of Cometary Nuclei and their Total Number
  • Voyager Encounters with Jupiter’s Magnetosphere: Results of the Low Energy Charged Particle (LECP) Experiment
  • The Weather on Mars on the Basis of the Measurements Carried out by the Vikings Mission
  • VI: Stellar Astronomy
  • On the Origin of Nebulae
  • On Mass Loss from Stars
  • Contribution to Fourier Analysis of the Light Curves of Eclipsing Variables
  • Prospective Views in Space Astrometry
  • Long-Term Changes of the Flare Stars EV Lac and BY Dra
  • On the Problem of Cepheid Amplitude Dependence on the Star Position in the Instability Strip
  • Early-Type Emission-Line Stars
  • VII: Galaxies
  • The Structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud
  • Large Scale Distribution of Elements and Gravity
  • Active Galactic Nuclei and Particle Acceleration in Accretion Disks Around Massive Black Holes
  • VIII: Cosmology and Relativity
  • Non Linear Einstein-Maxwell Differential Equations
  • Recent Results for the Moon’s Secular Acceleration and their Implication for the Possible Variation of G in Dirac’s Large Number Hypothesis
  • Classical Phase Space from a Relativist’s Point of View
  • IX: Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  • The Colonization of the Galaxy. A Key Concept in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  • X: Associated Fields
  • Numerical Treatment of the Magnetohydrodynamic Flow Bounded by an Infinite Porous Plate
  • Ray Tracing and Caustics from Large Reflectors Used in Spacecrafts
  • Name Index.

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