A study of the prediscovery motion of Comet P/Ciffreo and its future
Abstract
The past and future motion of Comet P/Ciffreo (1985 XVI) is studied by means of orbital integrations, performed over several thousand years in the framework of the elliptic three-dimensional restricted three-body model, besides a more realistic restricted four-body model. Both the purely gravitational problem and trajectories are studied, taking into account the effects of simulated nongravitational forces. Although first data allowed to suppose that P/Ciffreo was a recently captured comet, the results show that its dynamical behavior corresponds to a relatively 'aged' object.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- February 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990A&A...228..539B
- Keywords:
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- Comets;
- Orbit Calculation;
- Orbital Mechanics;
- Solar Orbits;
- Comet Tails;
- Four Body Problem;
- Gravitational Effects;
- Perturbation Theory;
- Three Body Problem;
- COMETS;
- ASTRONOMY;
- CIFFREO;
- MOTION;
- ORBITS;
- NUMERICAL METHODS;
- 1985XVI;
- GRAVITY EFFECTS;
- TRAJECTORIES;
- DYNAMICS;
- PROCEDURE;
- ANALYSIS;
- DIAGRAMS;
- EARTH-BASED OBSERVATIONS;
- IMAGERY;
- ORBITAL ELEMENTS;
- TELESCOPE METHODS;
- MODELS;
- Astronomy; Comets