About origin of comet 55P
55P is a periodic comet with an orbital period of 33 years. It fits the classical definition of a Halley-type comet. The comet is the parent body of the Leonid meteor shower. Orbital simulation of the comet’s 55P/Tempel-Tuttle orbit for 5000 years before its discovery by a variety of integrators is...
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| Language: | English |
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National Aviation University
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Вісник Астрономічної школи |
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| Online Access: | http://astro.nau.edu.ua/issues/2014_V.10_Iss.2/Guliyev.html |