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The Influence of Properties of a Set of Observations on the Weights of Determination of the Orbital Elements of a One-Apparition Comet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

M. Bielicki*
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

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An expression is developed for the dependence of the weights of the determination of the elements of the orbit of a one-apparition comet on the number of observations, the length of the observational interval and the apparent motion of the comet during that interval.

Type
Part II/General Methods of Orbit Theory
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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