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Secular Perturbations on Periodic Comets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

G. E. O. Giacaglia
G. E. O. Giacaglia*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas, Austin, Tex., U.S.A.

Abstract

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In this work we propose an approach to the calculation of secular perturbations on a comet, valid for any eccentricity (less than unity) and any inclination (not zero). The effect of several planets is discussed, but we suppose that there are no significant close approaches to any planet.

Type
Part II/General Methods of Orbit Theory
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 45: The Motion, Evolution of Orbits and Origin of Comets , 1972 , pp. 66 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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