Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984icar...58...81s&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 58, April 1984, p. 81-100.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Comet Nuclei, Comets, Space Debris, Comet Tails, Disintegration, Interplanetary Dust, Light Curve, Mass Distribution, Comets, Decay, Fragmentation, Comet Tails, Comae, Eruptions, Dust, Emissions, Physical Properties, Dissipation, Comet Nuclei, Split Comets, Observations, Astronomy, Sun Grazers, Westphal, Short-Period Comets, Brightness, Disintigration, Mass, Fragments
Scientific paper
The present investigation has the objective to provide a summary of the existing evidence on the disappearance of comets and to draw conclusions regarding the physical processes involved in the disappearance. Information concerning the classification of evidence and the causes of apparent disappearance of comets is presented in a table. Attention is given to the dissipating comets, the headless sungrazing comet 1887 I, and the physical behavior of the dissipating comets and the related phenomena. It is found that all comets confined to the planetary region of the solar system decay on astronomically short time scales. However, only some of them appear to perish catastrophically. Some of the observed phenomena could be successfully interpreted. But little insight has been obtained into the character of the processes which the dissipating comets experience.
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