Origin of meteor swarms of the Arietid and Geminid types

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Sol. Syst. Res. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5874898

Lebedinets, V N

The author proposes a physical mechanism for the formation of meteor swarms on orbits of small size and very small perihelion distance, similar to the orbits of Arietid and Geminid meteor swarms, which are rarely encountered among the larger bodies of the solar system, and he justifies the mechanism mathematically. He shows that comets can transfer to such orbits from orbits of large size during evaporation of their ice nuclei under the action of reactive drag.

• Research Organization: Institute of Experimental Meteorology, Goskomgidromet
• OSTI ID: 5874898
• Journal Information: Sol. Syst. Res. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 19:2; Other Information: Translated from Astronomicheskii Vestnik, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 152-158, April-June, 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
METEOROIDS
ORIGIN
ASTROPHYSICS
DISTANCE
DRAG
EVAPORATION
ICE
MATHEMATICS
ORBITS
SIZE
SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
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