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Standardization of the Calculation of Nearly Parabolic Cometary Orbits

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The Motion, Evolution of Orbits, and Origin of Comets

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A complex of standard programmes has been developed for computing nearly parabolic orbits. The true anomaly is related to the time using Herrick’s formulae. Perturbations are calculated by Encke’s method.

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  • Dubyago, A. D.: 1949, Opredelenie Orbit, Moscow, p. 293

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  • Herrick, C. E.: 1960, Details of Computational Methods: Space Trajectories, p. 135.

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  • Kazimirchak-Polonskaya, E. I.: 1967, Trudy Inst. Teor. Astron. 12, 24.

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  • Nikonova, L. E.: 1968, Trudy Astron. Obs. Kazan No. 35, 169.

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  1. Kazan University, Kazan, U.S.S.R.

    L. E. Nikonova

  2. Institute for Theoretical Astronomy, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.

    N. A. Bokhan

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  1. L. E. Nikonova
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  1. Institute for Theoretical Astronomy, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.

    G. A. Chebotarev  & E. I. Kazimirchak-Polonskaya  & 

  2. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., USA

    B. G. Marsden

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Nikonova, L.E., Bokhan, N.A. (1972). Standardization of the Calculation of Nearly Parabolic Cometary Orbits. In: Chebotarev, G.A., Kazimirchak-Polonskaya, E.I., Marsden, B.G. (eds) The Motion, Evolution of Orbits, and Origin of Comets. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2873-8_24

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