1. Modeling of the Orbital Evolution of 2060 Chiron.
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Kovalenko, Nataliya S., Babenko, Yury G., and Churyumov, Klim I.
- Abstract
The origin of Centaurs is one of the most interesting problems of Solarsystem science, and it has not yet been solved. To shed light onthis problem one can investigate Centaurs' past and future orbitalevolution. In this paper we discuss the results of Chiron's orbitalevolution modeling. It was the first discovered Centaur and is thebrightest one. Numerical integration was produced for 1 Myrforward and backward from the present time. A program based on theEverhart single sequence method for integrating orbits was used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
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