IANIGLA 20881
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGIA, GLACIOLOGIA Y CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Orbit of comet C/1845 D1 (de Vico) and the utility of Bulirsh-Stoer integration
Autor/es:
BRANHAM, RICHARD L. JR.
Revista:
PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
Editorial:
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Referencias:
Año: 2010 vol. 58 p. 1307 - 1313
ISSN:
0032-0633
Resumen:
Comet C/1845 D1 (de Vico) is one of a large number of comets with parabolic orbits. Given that there
are sufficient observations of the comet, 291 in right ascension and 269 in declination, it proves possible
to calculate a better orbit. The calculations are based on a 12th order predictorcorrector method. The
comets orbit is hyperbolic and, from calculated mean errors, statistically different from a parabola.
BulirschStoer integration, although more flexible and of comparable precision, proves considerably
more laborious.
