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The Evolution of Jupiter Family Comets over 2000 Years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

G. Tancredi  and
H. Rickman
G. Tancredi
Affiliation:
Astronomiska Observatoriet, Box 515, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
H. Rickman
Affiliation:
Astronomiska Observatoriet, Box 515, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract

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The orbital evolution of the whole sample sample of short-period comets was computed by numerical integrations for a time interval of 2000 yr centered on the present epoch. This data base is intended to serve in various studies involving the statistics of orbital evolution and correlation with physical parameters or discovery circumstances. We present some results concerning the following aspects: the evolution of the orbital elements and their past-future asymmetry, statistics on the discovery of comets and on the encounters of comets with Jupiter.

Keywords

short-period cometsdynamical evolution
Type
Part V - Comets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 152: Chaos, Resonance and Collective Dynamical Phenomena in the Solar System , 1992 , pp. 269 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992 

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