Long-term effects of the Galactic tide on cometary dynamics

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 95, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 299-326

  Fouchard, Marc ^a,b   Froeschlé, Christiane ^c   Valsecchi, Giovanni ^a   Rickman, Hans ^d  

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d BOX 515   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Galactic dynamics; Long period comets; Numerical model; Oort cloud

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749320902     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-006-9027-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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