NDLI: A Model for the Common Origin of Jupiter Family and Halley Type Comets

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Author	Emel’yanenko, V. V. Asher, D. J. Bailey, M. E.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	A numerical simulation of the Oort cloud is used to explain the observed orbital distributions and numbers of Jupiter-family (JF) and Halley-type (HT) short-period (SP) comets. Comets are given initial orbits with perihelion distances between 5 and 36 au, and evolve under planetary, stellar and Galactic perturbations for 4.5 Gyr. This process leads to the formation of an Oort cloud (which we define as the region of semimajor axes a > 1,000 au), and to a flux of cometary bodies from the Oort cloud returning to the planetary region at the present epoch. The results are consistent with the dynamical characteristics of SP comets and other observed cometary populations: the near-parabolic flux, Centaurs, and high-eccentricity trans-Neptunian objects. To achieve this consistency with observations, the model requires that the number of comets versus initial perihelion distance is concentrated towards the outer planetary region. Moreover, the mean physical lifetime of observable comets in the inner planetary region (q < 2.5 au) at the present epoch should be an increasing function of the comets’ initial perihelion distances. Virtually all observed HT comets and nearly half of observed JF comets come from the Oort cloud, and initially (4.5 Gyr ago) from orbits concentrated near the outer planetary region. Comets that have been in the Oort cloud also return to the Centaur (5 < q < 28 au, a < 1,000 au) and near-Neptune high-eccentricity regions. Such objects with perihelia near Neptune are hard to discover, but Centaurs with characteristics predicted by the model (e.g. large semimajor axes, above 60 au, or high inclinations, above 40°) are increasingly being found by observers. The model provides a unified picture for the origin of JF and HT comets. It predicts that the mean physical lifetime of all comets in the region q < 1.5 au is less than ∼200 revolutions.
Starting Page	105
Ending Page	130
Page Count	26
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01679295
Journal	Earth, Moon, and Planets
Volume Number	110
Issue Number	1-2
e-ISSN	15730794
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-01-24
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Comets Oort cloud Centaurs Solar system formation Celestial mechanics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Planetology Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science

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