The Leonids, Comet Biela and Biela's associated meteoroid stream

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Nov 1991

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 253, Nov. 1, 1991, p. 69-74. Research supported by SERC

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Comet Nuclei, Fragmentation, Leonid Meteoroids, Computational Astrophysics, Orbital Mechanics

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The dynamics of the two orbits of Comet Biela are discussed with an eye to the suggestion made by Bosler and Roure (1937) to the effect that the division of the comet came about because of its passage through the Leonid stream in 1846. It is confirmed that the minimum distance between the orbits of Biela and the Leonid stream is very small. It is shown that, in 1832, Biela was close to the main bulk of the Leonid stream. The future of the enhanced stream caused by the break-up of Comet Biela is also investigated, and it is predicted that this stream will start to intersect the earth's orbit in 2120, producing a new meteor shower. The possibility that the passage of the nucleus of Biela through the densest part of the Leonid stream could cause the break-up of Biela is also discussed.

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