Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992acm..proc..399m&link_type=abstract
In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 p 399-402 (SEE N93-19113 06-90)
Physics
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Comets, Meteorite Collisions, Orbit Perturbation, Solar Orbits, Outgassing, Perihelions, Trajectories
Scientific paper
We have considered those comets whose original orbits have been determined to be hyperbolic when only planetary perturbations are accounted for. It is found that formally unbound incident trajectories correlate most confidently with orbits that have small perihelion distances and move in a retrograde sense relative to planetary motion. Arguments are presented that these results are not due to measurement error or to selection effects. We conclude that the phenomenon is attributable to enhanced volatility leading to abnormally large nongravitational forces. Since the effect is absent in the prograde small-perihelia population, increased insolation is not the sole explanation. It is suggested that the significance of the retrograde correlation is connected with a larger energy of relative motion between retrograde comets and a population of prograde ecliptic meteoroids which impact the comet mantle exposing the underlying volatiles. The subsequent enhanced outgassing is the cause of the larger nongravitational forces.
Matese John J.
Whitman Patrick Gene
Whitmire Daniel P.
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