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48. Existence of meteor showers associated by short-period comets anomalous in motion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Z. Sekanina
Z. Sekanina*
Affiliation:
Centre for Numerical Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Praha, Czechoslovakia

Abstract

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The observed properties of non-gravitational effects in the motion of the short-period comets are described in connection with the possible mass-loss processes in their nuclei. The impulses on the nuclei have been found to be about 1 cm/sec to 3 m/sec per revolution. The contributions to the observed dynamic anomalies of gas- and dust-matter ejections from the nucleus into the comet's atmosphere are estimated. The existence of meteor showers is related to the characteristics of cometary activity. Methods of further investigations are suggested.

Type
Session 8
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 33: Physics and Dynamics of Meteors , 1968 , pp. 504 - 508
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1968 

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