Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jan 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988icar...73..149h&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 73, Jan. 1988, p. 149-162.
Statistics
Computation
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Comet Nuclei, Halley'S Comet, Orbital Elements, Computational Astrophysics, Giotto Mission, Comets, Magnitude, Distribution, Long-Period Comets, Short-Period Comets, Radius, Mass, Comet Nuclei, Optical Properties, Evolution, Catalog, Astronomy, Earth-Based Observations, Brightness, Flux, Size, Shape, Surface, Structure, Halley, Spacecraft Observations, Giotto Mission, Period, Orbital Elements, Diagrams, Decay, Capture, Calculations
Scientific paper
Comets are presently divided into three groups on the basis of orbital period: of more than 200 years, of 15-200 years, and of less than 15 years. It is noted that the number of bright, short-period comets presently visible from the earth may be accounted for through the postulation of certain Jovian capture parameters, in conjunction with a flux of bright long-period comets tending to the vicinity of the earth that is equal to the observed, 0.83 + or - 0.11/year flux. Attention is given to the relationship between absolute magnitude, on the one hand, and on the other the size, shape, and surface structure of the nucleus.
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