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Forces and accelerations generated by a meteoroid or asteroid stream moving relative to an asteroid or planet are calculated in a few selected examples designed to illustrate main characteristics of the phenomenon. The examples are selected in order to make possible a comparison between collisional and purely gravitational forces (accelerations) and between velocity-dependent and positional forces of gravitational type. The results are used for comparing the orbital perturbations caused by meteorite or asteroid streams with those resulting from secular perturbations. Various implications are discussed.
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Barricelli, N.A. Forces acting upon an asteroid moving through a meteoroid stream. Astrophys Space Sci 23, 3–15 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00647648
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