Dynamics of Comets: Their Origin and Evolution

1. Dynamics of Comets: Numerical Modelling

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. An Efficient Integrator that Uses Gauss-Radau Spacings

      • Edgar Everhart

      Pages 185-202

   3. The Long-Term Evolution Project

      • A. Carusi, L. Kresák, E. Perozzi, G. B. Valsecchi

      Pages 203-214

   4. Errors in Numerical Integrations and Chaotic Motions

      • A. Milani, A. M. Nobili

      Pages 215-226

   5. One of the Problems of Long-Term Integrations of Cometary Orbits

      • A. Carusi, E. Perozzi, E. M. Pittich, G. B. Valsecchi

      Pages 227-235

   6. The Role of the Researches of E.I. Kazimirchak-Polonskaya on the Dynamical Evolution of Short-Period Comets

      • N. A. Belyaev

      Pages 237-241

   7. Review of Studies on Capture of Comets by Neptune and its Role in the Dynamic Evolution of Cometary Orbits

      • E. I. Kazimirchack-Polonskaya

      Pages 243-258

2. Dynamics of Comets

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259

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   2. Statistical and Numerical Studies of the Orbital Evolution of Short-Period Comets

      • A. Carusi, G. B. Valsecchi

      Pages 261-278

   3. The Aging and Lifetimes of Comets

      • Ľubor Kresák

      Pages 279-302

   4. Planetary Perturbations, Dynamical Energy and Evolution of Orbital Elements of Periodic Comets

      • A. Manara, L. Buffoni, M. Scardia

      Pages 303-310

   5. The Problem of the 1/a-Distribution and Cometary Fading

      • M. E. Bailey

      Pages 311-317

   6. First Results of the Integration of Motion of Short-Period Comets Over 800 Years

      • A. Carusi, L. Kresák, E. Perozzi, G. B. Valsecchi

      Pages 319-340

3. Nongravitational Forces

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 341-341

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   2. Nongravitational Forces on Comets: The First Fifteen Years

      • B. G. Marsden

      Pages 343-352

   3. Do Comet Groups Exist?

      • B. A. Lindblad

      Pages 353-363

   4. A Study of the Pre-Discovery Motion of the Two Asteroids 1983 SA and 1983 XF

      • Daniel Benest, Reinhold Bien, Hans Rickman

      Pages 365-370

   5. Influence of Non-Gravitational Forces on the Orbital Evolution of the Short-Period Comets

      • N. A. Belyaev, K. P. Ivanovskaya

      Pages 371-379

   6. On the Nongravitational Effects in the Comet Encke Motion

      • Yu V. Batrakov, Yu A. Chernetenko

      Pages 381-385

4. Comet P/Halley and Future Missions to Comets

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 387-387

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`This collection of papers...is likely to become one of the most well-thumbed books on the bookshelf of the cometary astronomer. This is partly due to the fact that a similar volume is unlikely to appear for another decade, but more importantly because the subject matter strikes right at the heart of current cometary research - their origins and dynamics. ... recommend this work as it provides an invaluable up-to-date summary of the subject. This will be of great benefit to those already working in the field and will also serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers.'
The Observatory (August 1986)
`I can highly recommend Dynamics of Comets: Their Origin and Evolution as a source of many good discussions on this wide-ranging topic.'
International Comet Quarterly (October 1987)

• Reparto Planetologia, Istituto di Astrofisico Spaziale — Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy

  Andrea Carusi, Giovanni B. Valsecchi

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