Computer Science
Scientific paper
Aug 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985ssrv...41..299w&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews (ISSN 0038-6308), vol. 41, Aug. 1985, p. 299-349. NASA-supported research.
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Comets, Molecular Clouds, Orbital Mechanics, Solar Orbits, Computerized Simulation, Evolution (Development), Halley'S Comet, Monte Carlo Method, Oort Cloud, Perihelions, Solar System, Stellar Orbits
Scientific paper
Modern theories of cometary dynamics are described. Attention is given to Oort's hypothesis that the Solar System is surrounded by a spherically symmetrical cloud of about 10 to the 11th to 10 to the 12th comets extending out to interstellar distances. Dynamical modelling and statistical analyses of cometary motion have confirmed the ability of the Oort hypothesis to explain the observed distribution of energies for the long-period cometary orbits. Some of the sources cometary motion perturbations are discussed, including: random passing stars; interstellar clouds; and the galactic gravitational field. Perturbations in cometary motion in the planetary region are attributed to the gravitational fields of the major planets and nongravitational forces resulting from jetting of volatiles on the surfaces of cometary nuclei. Observational evidence for the existence of a massive inner Oort cloud extending from just beyond the orbit of Neptune to 10,000 AU is presented.
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