Stochastic capture of short-period comets

• 1 December 1989
• journal article
• Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Vol. 241  (3) , 507-541
• https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/241.3.507

Abstract

Keywords

• PERIOD COMETS
• CAPTURE
• PARABOLIC
• FUNCTION
• EXTREME
• PERIHELIA
• ENCOUNTERS
• INCLINATION
• STOCHASTIC