Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978natur.274..667k&link_type=abstract
Nature, vol. 274, Aug. 17, 1978, p. 667-669.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
5
Comets, Companion Stars, Nemesis (Star), Solar System, Sun, Black Holes (Astronomy), Luminous Intensity, Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Sun, Comets, Clouds, Orbits, Origin, Motion
Scientific paper
The orbits of 'new' comets are considered with reference to Harrison's (1977) hypothesis that the sun possesses a companion star in either a bound or an unbound orbit, and an analysis of these orbits excludes the possibility that the hypothetical companion could be in a bound orbit. The hypothesis was suggested in order to explain an anomaly in the distribution on the sky of pulsars which lose speed very slowly. In order to remove the pulsar anomaly the companion would have to produce an acceleration of the barycenter of the solar system. The analysis of the effect of this acceleration on the orbits of the 'new' comets rules out the possibility of a bound orbit.
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