Model of the Origin of Planetary Comet Families

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May 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005sosyr..39..247p&link_type=abstract

Solar System Research, Volume 39, Issue 3, pp.247-253

Physics

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The process of the transition of a comet from an initial heliocentric parabolic orbit into a heliocentric elliptical (parabolic with different parameters or hyperbolic) trajectory is analyzed in terms of a pairwise three-dimensional two-body problem: Sun-comet and planet-comet. For the first time, analytical formulas are reported for the orbital parameters of the comet after it escapes the sphere of influence of a planet and is captured by the gravitational field of the Sun. The proposed model can explain the origin of the known families of short-period comets and allows for the prediction of the existence of uncatalogued short- and long-period comets and meteor showers. The model is used to localize the space-time domains to search for new comets and meteor showers in the Solar System.

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