Structure and evolution of the Jupiter family

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Mar 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992cemda..54...63r&link_type=abstract

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (ISSN 0923-2958), vol. 54, no. 1-3, p. 63-69.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Comets, Oort Cloud, Perihelions, Astronomical Models, Chiron, Jupiter (Planet)

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Both physical and dynamical issues are important in order to judge the origin and evolution of the Jupiter family of short-period comets. The steady-state condition for maintaining this structure at its present size by captures from the classical Oort cloud is reviewed on the basis of recent results concerning the absolute number of Jupiter family comets as a function of perihelion distance as well as the coupled physical and dynamical evolutions that evidently occur. Like in most earlier investigations, a clear shortage is found in the classical Oort cloud source. The shortage seems, however, less extreme than sometimes assumed. Monte Carlo simulations are envisaged as a way to shed further light on the fate of Jupiter family comets.

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