celestial mechanics

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   the branch of astronomy concerned with the application of Newton's laws of motion to the motions of heavenly bodies

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Questions about celestial mechanics

What does celestial mechanics mean?

celestial mechanics means "the branch of astronomy concerned with the application of Newton's laws of motion to the motions of heavenly bodies".

Is celestial mechanics a common word?

celestial mechanics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.