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The dynamical history of comet Halley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Donald K. Yeomans
Donald K. Yeomans*
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, U.S.A.

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The history of the attempts to predict the motion of comet Halley is outlined and the importance of the so-called nongravitational forces acting upon this comet is emphasized. Recent orbital work of the International Halley Watch Astrometry Network is reviewed. Comet Halley’s transverse nongravitational parameter is positive and nearly constant with time suggesting that the comet is in direct rotation without precession of the spin pole. The nongravitational effects are consistent with the vaporization of water ice from the comet’s nucleus and long term integrations suggest that the comet has been in its present orbit for at least 16,000 years and probably much longer.

Type
Section VII. Comet P/Halley and Future Missions to Comets
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 83: Dynamics of Comets: Their Origin and Evolution , 1985 , pp. 389 - 398
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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