Three-dimensional statistics of cometary aphelia.
Abstract
Eight cometary families that obey a modified Bode's law for giant planets have been revealed as a result of three-dimensional statistical analysis of cometary aphelia distribution in the nearest outskirts of the solar system (at distances from 50 to 4000 a.u.). Three of the families (at the distances of 93, 320 and 1100 a.u.) have been studied in detail. An assumption is made about the origin of these cometary families.
- Publication:
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Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel
- Pub Date:
- April 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992KFNT....8...47M
- Keywords:
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- Comets;
- Gas Giant Planets;
- Solar System;
- Statistical Analysis;
- Astronomical Catalogs;
- Jupiter (Planet);
- Neptune (Planet);
- Saturn (Planet);
- Astronomy