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The Shortage of Long-Period Comets in Elliptical Orbits
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
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Based on the number of ‘new’ comets seen on near-parabolic orbits, one can predict the number of comets that should be found on definitely elliptical orbits on their subsequent returns. We show here that about three out of four of these returning comets are not observed.
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- Part VI: Comets
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 81: Dynamics of the Solar System , 1979 , pp. 273 - 275
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- Copyright © Reidel 1979