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Determination of the Form of the Oort Cometary Cloud as the Hill Surface in the Galactic Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

V. A. Antonov  and
I. N. Latyshev
V. A. Antonov
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Leningrad University, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.
I. N. Latyshev
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Leningrad University, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

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An estimate is made of the maximum range over which the motion of a particle about the Sun and in the galactic field is stable in Hill's sense. An equation fitting the Hill surface is found, with allowance made for the fact that the galactic potential differs from that of a point mass. The volume enclosed by the surface is 3.35 cubic parsecs, the greatest distance from the Sun being 1.42 parsecs, this being along the line to the centre of the Galaxy.

Type
Part V/Origin and Evolution of Comets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 45: The Motion, Evolution of Orbits and Origin of Comets , 1972 , pp. 341 - 345
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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