The mystery of the missing shorter period comets

Details The mystery of the missing shorter period comets The mystery of the missing shorter period comets

May 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986stin...8715041h&link_type=abstract

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Physics

Comets, Jupiter (Planet), Orbit Perturbation, Orbital Mechanics, Stellar Motions, Gravitational Effects, Oort Cloud, Solar System, Stochastic Processes

Scientific paper

The effects of stars passing through the Oort Cloud of comets, which causes a fraction of the population to plunge inwards towards Jupiter, are analyzed. Jupiter perturbs the orbits in a stochastic way. Analysis of the long term effects shows that theory predicts significantly more shorter-period comets than are observed. A theory which attributes the evolution of cometary orbits to small but systematic nongravitational effects leads to the same discrepancy. The cometary fading explanation is also unsatisfactory.

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