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A New Orbital Classification for Periodic Comets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

M. Bielicki
M. Bielicki*
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

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A new classification for short-period comets is proposed – one based on minimum approach distances to the respective planets, rather than on aphelion distances.

Type
Part V/Origin and Evolution of Comets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 45: The Motion, Evolution of Orbits and Origin of Comets , 1972 , pp. 370 - 372
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972