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

G. T. Yanovitskaya

doi:10.1017/S0074180900006744

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

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015

G. T. Yanovitskaya

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

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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

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