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Orbital Changes in Planet-Comet Encounters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J.-Q. Zheng ,
M.J. Valtonen  and
H. Rickman
J.-Q. Zheng
Affiliation:
Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku Turku, Finland
M.J. Valtonen
Affiliation:
Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku Turku, Finland
H. Rickman
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract

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We concentrate on the traditional model of capture from the Oort Cloud. We improve the method of calculation of captured comet populations by combining large numbers of accurate orbit calculations with Monte Carlo methods. As a first step in the development of a Monte Carlo code we calculate accurate probabilities for changes of orbit in a single planet-comet encounter. These will be later used to study the orbital evolution of the Oort Cloud comets when multiple encounters take place.

Type
Solar System Dynamics
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 165: Dynamics and Astrometry of Natural and Artificial Celestial Bodies , 1997 , pp. 165 - 170
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997

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