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An Investigation of the Motion of Periodic Comet Borrelly from 1904 to 1967
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Abstract
The motion of P/Borrelly has been investigated using all precise published positions and taking into account the perturbations by Venus to Pluto. Nongravitational forces have been found to influence the motion of the comet considerably, formerly as a secular deceleration, more recently as a secular acceleration. By linking the seven apparitions 1904–1960, with allowance for the nongravitational effects, we have obtained a set of elements which represents 802 observations with a mean error of 1′.89.
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- Part III/Motions of the Short-Period Comets
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