The motion of meteor swarms near commensurabilities with Jupiter
Abstract
The dynamic features of meteor swarms are considered on the basis of the resonant theory of perturbations. The parameters of the main resonant zones near the orbits of the principal meteor swarms are determined. Laws governing the variation of the spatial density of meteor swarms due to the properties of librational, circulational, and stochastic motion are established. Examples of the possible appearance of resonance features in the observed meteor showers are indicated.
- Publication:
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Pisma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal
- Pub Date:
- July 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988PAZh...14..651E
- Keywords:
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- Jupiter (Planet);
- Meteoroid Showers;
- Orbital Resonances (Celestial Mechanics);
- Perturbation Theory;
- Numerical Analysis;
- Stochastic Processes;
- Astronomy