Published November 1986
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Journal article
The boundary to the solar system as set by a hypothetical solar companion
Description
If a binary companion to the Sun exists as proposed by Davis et al. and Whitmire and Jackson, then one can consider a planet/comet-Sun-solar companion system and use King-Innanen's formula to calculate the limiting direct and retrograde orbits around the Sun. The limiting retrograde orbit could be considered as the boundary to the Solar System. The problem is studied for the companion having a mass in the range 0.005 solar mass - 0.3 solar mass and the corresponding boundary to the Solar System is found. (Auth.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Earth, Moon, Planets
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Earth, Moon, Planets.
- Journal Page Range
- 211-215
- ISSN
- 0167-9295
- CODEN
- EMPLD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 18029962
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- BINARY STARS; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; HYPOTHESIS; LIMITING VALUES; MASS; ORBITS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SUN; THEORETICAL DATA
- Descriptors DEC
- DATA; INFORMATION; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL DATA; STARS