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Some remarks about the aphelion distribution of long period comets on the sky

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Rhea Lüst
Rhea Lüst*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Physlk und Astrophysik, Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, D-8046 Qarching b. München, FRG

Abstract

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The possibility of an observational biasing in the distribution of cometary aphelia is confirmed by statistics. Furthermore, the tendency of aphelia to form clusters and their distribution with respect to different coordinate systems is investigated.

Type
Section II. The Oort Cloud of Comets
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 83: Dynamics of Comets: Their Origin and Evolution , 1985 , pp. 105 - 111
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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