| Revista: | Computational & applied mathematics |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000267936 |
| ISSN: | 1807-0302 |
| Autores: | Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida1 Broucke, Roger A2 |
| Instituciones: | 1Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2University of Texas, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Austin, Texas. Estados Unidos de América |
| Año: | 2005 |
| Periodo: | Ene-Abr |
| Volumen: | 24 |
| Número: | 1 |
| Paginación: | 109-130 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Resumen en inglés | In this paper, numerical simulations are made, using the restricted three-body problem as the mathematical model, to calculate the effects of a swing-by with the planet Jupiter in the orbit of a comet. In particular, the orbital elements of the comets are calculated after the passage by Jupiter, the distribution obtained is shown and the probability of capture is calculated as a function of the Jacobian constant of the comet. The results show that the probability of capture goes from 0.2% to 3.6%, depending on the value of the Jacobian constant of the comet. The details of this mechanism and some trajectories are shown. It is also concluded that more than 95% of the captured comets have pericenter distance less than 5 AU (what makes them visible) and that about 70% of them are short-period comets |
| Disciplinas: | Matemáticas, Física y astronomía |
| Palabras clave: | Matemáticas aplicadas, Astronomía, Cometas, Orbitas galácticas, Modelos matemáticos |
| Keyword: | Mathematics, Physics and astronomy, Applied mathematics, Astronomy, Comets, Galactic orbits, Mathematical models |
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