Title:              The past and future of 1983 TB and its relationship
                    to the Geminid meteor stream
Authors:            FOX, K.; WILLIAMS, I. P.; HUNT, J.
Affiliation:        AC(Queen Mary College, London, England)
Journal:            IN: Dynamics of comets: Their origin and evolution;
                    Proceedings of the Eighty-third Colloquium, Rome,
                    Italy, June 11-15, 1984 (A86-37726 17-90).
                    Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1985, p.
                    143-148.
Publication Date:   00/1985
Origin:             STI
Category:           Astronomy
NASA/STI Keywords:  ASTEROIDS, CELESTIAL MECHANICS, GEMINID METEOROIDS,
                    METEOROID SHOWERS, ORBIT PERTURBATION, SOLAR ORBITS,
                    COMETS, EARTH (PLANET), GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS,
                    INFRARED ASTRONOMY SATELLITE, JUPITER (PLANET),
                    ORBITAL ELEMENTS, SECULAR VARIATIONS, VENUS (PLANET)
Bibliographic Code: 1985dctoecoll..143F

Abstract

It is now well known that object 1983 TB, discovered by IRAS, has an orbit very similar to that of the Geminid meteor stream. Calculations show that this orbit crossed over the orbit of Venus about 500 years ago. Calculations tracing the history of both the object and the stream through this interaction with Venus and the present interaction with the earth are described.

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