Celestial mechanics
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Celestial mechanics is a part of astronomy that looks at the movement of the objects in the sky, and tries to find models to describe and explain these movements. The objects described include stars and planets, and also comets, and other similar objects.
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The mathematics of celestial mechanics include spherical geometry, trigonometry and Newton's laws of motion.