Diffusion of long-period meteor streams
Abstract
The diffusion of long-period meteor streams is considered on the basis of mappings for the description of planetary perturbations. Formulas for the dispersion of orbital elements under the conditions of limiting stochasticity are obtained. A statistical study of the evolution of meteor streams in the orbits of the Comets Thatcher, P/Swift-Tuttle, P/Halley, and P/Tempel-Tuttle is carried out. It is shown that the dispersion of orbital elements exhibits complex behavior due to the random distribution of meteor particles in the resonant zones.
- Publication:
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Astronomicheskii Vestnik
- Pub Date:
- October 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992AVest..26...58E
- Keywords:
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- Diffusion;
- Halley'S Comet;
- Meteoroid Showers;
- Orbit Perturbation;
- Orbital Elements;
- Statistical Analysis;
- Stochastic Processes;
- Astronomy