Collisional probability of periodic comets with the terrestrial planets: An invalid case of analytic formulation

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 848-854

  Nakamura, T ^a   Kurahashi, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b Sano Fuji Optics Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics, stellar dynamics; Comets: General

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038584843     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300206     Document Type: Article

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