Origin of comets
Three basic conceptions of origin of comets are under discussion. The first one belongs to Laplace who supposed that comets are becoming the members of the Solar system being captured by a giant planet, e.g. Jupiter. It is the hypothesis of capture. Oort supposed that there is a giant cloud of comet...
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| Language: | English |
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National Aviation University
2003-12-01
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| Series: | Вісник Астрономічної школи |
| Online Access: | http://astro.nau.edu.ua/issues/2003_V.4_Iss.2/043.html |