The evolution of meteor streams

Title:              The evolution of meteor streams
Authors:            WILLIAMS, I. P.; FOX, K.
Affiliation:        AB(Queen Mary College, London, England)
Journal:            IN: Asteroids, comets, meteors; Proceedings of the
                    Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, June 20-22, 1983
                    (A85-26851 11-89). Uppsala, Sweden, Astronomiska
                    Observatoriet, 1984, p. 399-409.
Publication Date:   00/1984
Origin:             STI
Category:           Astronomy
NASA/STI Keywords:  CELESTIAL MECHANICS, COMET NUCLEI, HALLEY'S COMET,
                    METEOROID SHOWERS, ORBIT CALCULATION, PARTICLE
                    MOTION, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, EQUATIONS OF MOTION,
                    METEORITIC COMPOSITION, PLANETARY GRAVITATION,
                    POYNTING-ROBERTSON EFFECT
Bibliographic Code: 1984acm..meet..399W

Abstract

Meteor streams are a dynamically interesting phenomenon in that they consist of a swarm of particles moving on highly eccentric coherent orbits which move through the inner solar system and thus become subject to planetary perturbations. A review of work carried out on the evolution of such streams is given. Models for the origin of such streams coming about due to particles being ejected from a cometary nucleus are also described.

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