M. : Marketing Information and Innovation Center, 1999. - 118c. ,13 il. The book provides a brief outline of the development of celestial mechanics and stellar dynamics. The basics of mechanistic theories of motion of cosmic bodies are considered. Based on the energy theory and the theory of gravitational capture, the evolution of the movement of planets, their satellites and comets, as well as the cosmological problems of the formation of the solar planetary system are considered. Relativistic effects associated with the movement of bodies. The archive presents the book in doc. format