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The Solution of Problems of Cometary Astronomy on Electronic Computers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

N. A. Belyaev
N. A. Belyaev*
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical Astronomy, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

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A series of standard programmes has been developed for numerical integration by Cowell's method of the differential equations of motion of minor bodies. A variable step is used, and perturbations by eight major planets and nongravitational effects are taken into consideration. Further programmes have been constructed as part of a general attempt at ITA to produce numerical theories of cometary motion. They include the reduction of observations, the comparison of the observations with theory and the improvement of orbits. The programmes make it possible to calculate (O–C) residuals of up to 2000 observations simultaneously.

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. 90 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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