celestial mechanics

Definitions of celestial mechanics
  1. noun
    the branch of astronomy concerned with the application of Newton's laws of motion to the motions of heavenly bodies
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    astronomy, uranology
    the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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