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On ‘New’ Comets and the Size of the Cometary Cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

G. T. Yanovitskaya
G. T. Yanovitskaya*
Affiliation:
Main Astronomical Observatory, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

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By means of the Oort-Schmidt definition of ‘new’ comets, Sekanina's catalogue of original and future orbits, and the 2σ and 3σ rules, we have compiled a list of 33 ‘new’ comets. We draw some conclusions concerning the size of the cometary cloud.

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. 346
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972