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8. Comet Halley and Nongravitational Forces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D. K. Yeomans

Abstract

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The motion of Comet Halley is investigated over the 1607-1911 interval. The required nongravitational force model was found to be most consistent with a rocket-type thrust from the vaporization of water-ice in the comet’s nucleus. The nongravitational effects are time-independent over the investigated interval.

Type
Part I. Physical Nature of Comets
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 39: Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites: Interrelations, Evolution and Origins , December 1977 , pp. 61 - 64
Copyright
Copyright © A.H. Delsemme 1977

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