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Unnumbered Short-Period Comets
2017The following lists comets having periods of less than 25 years that have either been discovered in recent years or for which a short-period orbit has recently been calculated. Most of these objects will probably be recovered at future apparitions and be given permanent numbers.
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Chondrulelike Objects in Short-Period Comet 81P/Wild 2
Science, 2008The Stardust spacecraft returned cometary samples that contain crystalline material, but the origin of the material is not yet well understood. We found four crystalline particles from comet 81P/Wild 2 that were apparently formed by flash-melting at a high temperature and are texturally, mineralogically, and compositionally similar to chondrules ...
Tomoki, Nakamura +11 more
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Orbits of Short Period Comets Captured from the Oort Cloud
Earth, Moon, and Planets, 1996Oort cloud comets occasionally obtain orbits which take them through the planetary region. The perturbations by the planets are likely to change the orbit of the comet. We model this process by using a Monte Carlo method and cross sections for orbital changes, i.e.
J. Q. Zheng +4 more
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Numbered Observable Short-Period Comets
2017The following list includes all numbered comets of short period cataloged until June 2016 that have been observed at their most recent favorable apparition and that, presumably, still existed as of that date.
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Meteoroid impact into short-period comet nuclei
Nature, 1981The effects of extended meteoroid bombardment on short-period comet nuclei are examined and their possible implications for asteroid and meteorite studies are discussed. It is suggested that after devolatilization of the nucleus, the accumulated material might combine with primary cometary solids to produce environments conducive to the formation of ...
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Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies, 2012
An attempt is made to determine the spatial location of the main source of short-period comet nuclei. Numerical calculations for the orbital evolution of Jupiter family comets, medium-period comets, and Centaurs are used to show that the orbits of small solar system bodies tend to evolve in the direction of increasing semimajor axes.
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An attempt is made to determine the spatial location of the main source of short-period comet nuclei. Numerical calculations for the orbital evolution of Jupiter family comets, medium-period comets, and Centaurs are used to show that the orbits of small solar system bodies tend to evolve in the direction of increasing semimajor axes.
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