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The Orbital Evolution of the Perseid and Quadrantid Meteor Streams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Ken Fox*
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

Abstract

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Some mathematical models of the formation of meteor streams are developed. Some of the testable predictions of these models are compared with observations.

Type
Part II - Comets and Meteor Streams
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983

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