Special Issue (2009): Editors: H. Varvoglis and Z. Knezevic DYNAMICS OF CELESTIAL BODIES - Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference in honor of John D. Hadjidemetriou 23 – 26 June 2008, Litohoro, Greece N. K. Spyrou JOHN D. HADJIDEMETRIOU: A PERSONAL LIFE-LONG EXPERIENCE WITH JOHN [p. 11-14, PDF, 64KB] C. Beauge, C. A. Giuppone, M. Tadeu dos Santos, S. Ferray-Mello and T.A. Michtchenko WHERE ARE THE OTHER RESONANT EXTRASOLAR PLANETS? [p. 15-25, PDF, 498KB] G. Bozis CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE INVERSE AND THE DIRECT PROBLEM OF DYNAMICS [p. 27-35, PDF, 151KB] G. Contopoulos ORBITS IN GALAXIES, A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE [p. 37-50, PDF, 4685KB] C. Froeschle, M. Guzzo and E. Lega LOCAL AND GLOBAL DIFFUSION ALONG RESONANT LINES IN CONTINUOUS AND DISCRETE QUASI-INTEGRABLE DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS [p. 51-65, PDF, 953KB] A. Morbidelli A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE LATE HEAVY BOMBARDMENT [p. 67-76, PDF, 661KB] C. Blaga INVERSE PROBLEM, PRECESSING ORBITS AND AUTONOMOUS FORCES [p. 79-82, PDF, 115KB] G. Bozis and M.C. Anisiu PROGRAMMED MOTION WITH HOMOGENEITY ASSUMPTIONS [p. 83-87, PDF, 222KB] A. Carati and L. Galgani FAR AWAY GALAXIES AS A POSSIBLE SUBSTITUTE FOR DARK MATTER [p. 89-96, PDF, 131KB] N. Delsate, S. Valk, T. Carletti, A. Lemaitre FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF HIGH AREA-TO-MASS RATIOS GEOSYNCHRONOUS SPACE DEBRIS [p. 97-102, PDF, 1140KB] J. Dufey, N. Rambaux, B. Noyelles and A. Lemaitre PLANETARY PERTURBATIONS ON THE ROTATION OF MERCURY [p. 103-107, PDF, 124KB] R. Dvorak and A. Suli ASTEROIDS AND TERRESTRIAL PLANETS IN MULTIPLANETARY SYSTEMS [p. 109-112, PDF, 328KB] C. Efthymiopoulos SCALING OF THE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT ON THE NORMAL FORM REMAINDER IN DOUBLY-RESONANT DOMAINST [p. 113-116, PDF, 158KB] M. Fouchard, H. Rickman, Ch. Froeschle and G. B. Valsecchi PRELIMINARY STUDY ON STELLAR PERTURBATIONS OF THE OORT COMET CLOUD [p. 117-120, PDF, 745KB] J. Frouard, M. Fouchard and A. Vienne COMPARISON OF LYAPUNOV CHAOS INDICATORS [p. 121-124, PDF, 2101KB] E. Gerlach ON THE NUMERICAL COMPUTABILITY OF ASTEROIDAL LYAPUNOV TIMES [p. 125-128, PDF, 166KB] T. Kalvouridis THE COPENHAGEN CASE WHEN THE PRIMARIES ARE OBLATE SPHEROIDS WITH DIPOLE-TYPE MAGNETIC FIELDS [p. 129-132, PDF, 302KB] V. Koukouloyannis, T. Tziotzios and G. Voyatzis DISCRETE BREATHERS IN A CHAIN OF COUPLED SYMPLECTIC MAPS [p. 133-136, PDF, 2697KB] P. G. L. Leach and K. Andriopoulos SINGULARITY ANALYSIS: THE ELEMENTS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND THE ESSENCE OF INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS THROUGH A CASE STUDY [p. 137-142, PDF, 132KB] A.S. Libert and K. Tsiganis EXOSYSTEMS IN KOZAI RESONANCE: HOW TO INCREASE THE MUTUAL INCLINATION? [p. 143-146, PDF, 582KB] A. Noulley CHAOS CHARACTERIZATION IN HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS USING RESONANCE ANALYSIS [p. 147-150, PDF, 129KB] B. Novakovic, K. Tsiganis and Z. Knezevic LOCAL DIFFUSION CHARACTERISTICS AND THE AGE OF VERITAS ASTEROID FAMILY [p. 151-154, PDF, 1201KB] K. E. Papadakis ASYMMETRIC PERIODIC SOLUTIONS IN THE RESTRICTED THREE-BODY PROBLEM [p. 155-158, PDF, 3470KB] N. J. Papadopoulos and N. D. Caranicolas CHAOS IN A BL-Lac DYNAMICAL MODEL [p. 159-164, PDF, 4932KB] R. Pavlovic and Z. Knezevic FULFILLMENT OF THE CONDITIONS FOR APPLICATION OF NEKHOROSHEV THEOREM IN THE ASTEROID BELT [p. 165-168, PDF, 112KB] A. E. Perdiou, C. N. Douskos and V. S. Kalantonis HOMOCLINIC CONNECTIONS IN THE HILL PROBLEM WITH RADIATION [p. 169-172, PDF, 377KB] E. Pilat-Lohinger A JUPITER-SATURN ANALOGUE: OGLE-06-109L [p. 173-176, PDF, 236KB] A. Sivasankaran, B. A. Steves and W. L. Sweatman CLOSE ENCOUNTERS IN THE CALEDONIAN SYMMETRIC FOUR-BODY PROBLEM [p. 177-180, PDF, 381KB] N. K. Spyrou NEGATIVE MASS AND REPULSIVE GRAVITY IN NEWTONIAN THEORY, AND CONSEQUENCES [p. 181-184, PDF, 103KB] G. A. Tsirogiannis, E. A. Perdios and V. V. Markellos GLOBAL DATA CLUSTERING FOR PERIODIC ORBITS [p. 185-188, PDF, 228KB] S. Tzirti, K. Tsiganis, H. Varvoglis QUASI-CRITICAL ORBITS FOR ARTIFICIAL LUNAR SATELLITES [p. 189-192, PDF, 647KB] G. B. Valsecchi, E. Perozzi, A. E. Roy, B. A. Steves PERIODIC ORBITS IN THE MAIN LUNAR PROBLEM [p. 193-196, PDF, 261KB] G. Voyatzis and T. Kotoulas BIFURCATIONS OF PERIODIC ORBITS IN THE GENERAL 3-BODY PLANETARY PROBLEMS [p. 197-200, PDF, 526KB]