The non-existence of the Oort cometary shell

Details The non-existence of the Oort cometary shell The non-existence of the Oort cometary shell

Dec 1974

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1974ap%26ss..31..385l&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 31, Dec. 1974, p. 385-401.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Aphelions, Comets, Oort Cloud, Solar System, Astronomical Models, Circular Orbits, Error Analysis, Gravitational Effects, Interstellar Matter, Mass Distribution, Perihelions, Planetary Gravitation, Solar Orbits

Scientific paper

The procedures adopted as theory for a shell of comets are shown to be invalid. Any plot of numbers of long-period comets against 1/a will automatically exhibit a peak at small values of this parameter, and cannot be inverted to demonstrate a high volume-density of aphelia in space. The positions of actual aphelion-points show no sign of any concentration at any range. Further, the aphelion-distance undergoes large almost random changes owing to planetary perturbations at each return, and present values can yield no indication of original positions. A recent attempt to save the shell-theory by making use solely of comets with large perihelion-distance is shown to rest on exactly the same errors as have done all the earlier presentations. The plain conclusions emerge that the shell-theory is devoid of any support by facts, and that the alleged shell of comets is non-existent.

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