Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1995
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Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 71, Issue 3, pp.215-218
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in St. Petersburg and the Astronomical Institute in Bratislava are preparing a new edition of the Catalogue of short-period comets. This edition will be supplemented by short-period comets discovered after the year 1983 and comprises some new features, e. g. the evolution of orbital elements between the years 1750 and 2050, and the perihelion passages of comets within the 1994 2050 years. A new method has been employed for the determination of nongravitational parameters from the osculating elements of a comet based on all its observed returns. The method has been tested on the comets P/Comas Solá and P/Forbes with all returns, except the last one. The results have been compared with the osculating elements of the last return and those used in the old edition of the Catalogue of short-period comets. The new method enables a good prediction of osculating elements for the future, at least for the next return.
Kozlov Evgeny A.
Medvedev Yu D.
Pittich Eduard M.
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