Comet P/Machholtz and the Quadrantid meteor stream

Journal Article · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Icarus (International Journal of the Solar System); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(90)90219-Y· OSTI ID:6576358

Mcintosh, B A ^[1]

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1. National Research Council of Canada, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Ottawa (Canada)

Attention is drawn to the suggestive similarities between the calculated perturbation behavior of Comet P/Machholtz 1986 VIII, on the one hand, and on the other those of the Quadrantid, Delta Aquarid, and Arietid meteor streams. There appears to be adequate evidence for the formation by the Comets P/Machholtz and 1491-I, together with the three meteor streams, of a related complex controlled by Jupiter's gravitational perturbations; there is no comparably compelling information, however, bearing on the questions of parent-offspring or sibling relationships among these comets and meteor streams. 13 refs.

• OSTI ID: 6576358
• Journal Information: Icarus (International Journal of the Solar System); (USA), Vol. 86; ISSN 0019-1035
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PLANETS
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