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Dynamics and orbital evolution of Oort cloud comets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

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

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Investigators generally conjecture a steady flux of new comets from the Oort cloud through the inner Solar system. Due to gravitational perturbations by major planets these objects may escape, become long period comets (LPCs) if their orbital periods P are larger than 200yr or become short period comets (SPCs) when their period is less than 200yr. SPCs are further divided in two types: the Halley type comets (HT, for P > 20yr) and the Jupiter family comets (JF, for P < 20yr).

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Type
Part V - Comets and Meteors
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 172: Dynamics, Ephemerides and Astrometry of the Solar System , 1996 , pp. 209 - 212
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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