Test of the Monte Carlo method for the orbital evolution of short-period comets
Abstract
The use of Monte Carlo modeling for short-period comets is discussed. Comparative time evolutions of the exact versus Monte Carlo mappings are presented. It is shown that the Monte Carlo method should be restricted to fully chaotic regimes where parasitic diffusion is insignificant.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- August 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990A&A...234..539B
- Keywords:
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- Celestial Mechanics;
- Cosmology;
- Jupiter (Planet);
- Monte Carlo Method;
- Solar Orbits;
- Three Body Problem;
- Dynamical Systems;
- Stochastic Processes;
- Transformations (Mathematics);
- COMETS;
- SHORT-PERIOD COMETS;
- MONTE CARLO METHOD;
- ORBITS;
- EVOLUTION;
- ASTRONOMY;
- NUMERICAL METHODS;
- CELESTIAL MECHANICS;
- THREE-BODY PROBLEM;
- TECHNIQUES;
- PARAMETERS;
- PROCEDURE;
- MAPPING;
- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;
- CAPTURE;
- CHAOS;
- Astronomy; Comets