Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jul 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987mnras.227..501o&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 227, July 15, 1987, p. 501-524.
Statistics
Computation
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Collision Rates, Comets, Hypervelocity Impact, Planetary Craters, Probability Theory, Solar System, Computational Astrophysics, Earth Surface, Orbital Elements, Comets, Planets, Collisions, Impacts, Solar System, Calculations, Venus, Frequency, Cratering, Short-Period Comets, Mercury (Planet), Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Long-Period Comets, Size, Parameters, Terrestrial Planets, Giant Planets, Distribution, Comparisons, Velocity, Bombardment, Orbital Elements
Scientific paper
Collision probabilities between each of the solar-system planets and all known comets are calculated, in order to determine the planets' mean collision probabilities and thereby derive mean cratering rate estimates under the assumption that presently observed samples are diagnostic of the long-term populations. The mean earth-collision probability for the 613 known long-period comets is 3.3 x 10 to the -9th/perihelion passage, or somewhat higher than the value yielded by theoretical distributions based on the expected Oort cloud influx. Attention is given to the ratios in which the creation of large craters on the terrestrial planets is due to asteroids, short-period comets, and long-period comets.
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