Concept information
Preferred term
stellar dynamics
Definition
- Stellar dynamics is the branch of astrophysics which describes in a statistical way the collective motions of stars subject to their mutual gravity. The essential difference from celestial mechanics is that the number of body N ≫ 10. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_dynamics)
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- star dynamics
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-Z1QB1GRF-C
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