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A Non-Newtonian Orbit for Periodic Comet Borrelly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

D. K. Yeomans
D. K. Yeomans*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Program, University of Maryland, College Park, Md., U.S.A.

Abstract

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A non-Newtonian orbit has been determined for P/Borrelly which successfully represents all eight apparitions. Although this comet has a substantial secular acceleration in its mean motion, the transverse nongravitational force is time independent over the 64-yr observed interval.

Type
Part III/Motions of the Short-Period Comets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 45: The Motion, Evolution of Orbits and Origin of Comets , 1972 , pp. 187 - 189
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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