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We propose a method for selecting a low-velocity encounter of a small body with a planet from the evolution of the orbital elements. Polar orbital coordinates of the quasi-tangency point on the orbit of a small body are determined. Rectangular heliocentric coordinates of the quasi-tangency point on the orbit of a planet are determined. An algorithm to search for low-velocity encounters in the evolution of the orbital elements of small bodies is described. The low-velocity encounter of comet 39P/Oterma with Jupiter is considered as an example.
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Original Russian Text © N.Yu. Emel’yanenko, 2018, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2018, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 160–167.
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Emel’yanenko, N.Y. Quasi-Tangency Points on the Orbits of a Small Body and a Planet at the Low-Velocity Encounter. Sol Syst Res 52, 146–152 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003809461802003X
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