Planetary perturbations and the origins of short-period comets

• 1 June 1990
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 355, 667-679
• https://doi.org/10.1086/168800

Abstract

Keywords

• COMETS, ORBITAL MECHANICS, PERTURBATION THEORY, PLANETARY ORBITS, COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS, EVOLUTION (DEVELOPMENT), GAS GIANT PLANETS, OORT CLOUD, PERIHELIONS