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5. Jovian Perturbations Per Orbital Revolution for Short-Period Comets: Statistical Properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Abstract

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The gravitational perturbations by Jupiter per orbital revolution are calculated for six selected groups of 1000 hypothetical random comets of low inclinations, perihelia units 6 a.u. and aphelia in the range (4 a.u., 13 a.u.). The results are organized in the form of empirical distributions and their statistical properties are investigated in detail. They provide a rich material for the study of problems such as the orbital evolution of short-period comets and the origin of the Jupiter family.

Type
Part II. The Orbital Evolution of Comets
Copyright
Copyright © A.H. Delsemme 1977

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