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Stellar perturbations on comets
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
The stochastic processes involved in the evolution of a hypothetical cloud of comets are investigated. The cloud is assumed to be randomly perturbed by passing stars approaching the Sun at distance less than 1 pc. Within the frame of the impulse approximation we derive analytical expressions for the probability distribution of the impulse imparted to comets for both close and distant approaches. An application to the rate of ejection of comets is presented.
- Type
- Section II. The Oort Cloud of Comets
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 83: Dynamics of Comets: Their Origin and Evolution , 1985 , pp. 97 - 104
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985