Apples in a Spacecraft

Some consequences of Newtonian mechanics, previously overlooked, result in a new understanding of the behavior of small bodies in the solar system. Collisions between such bodies lead not to a scattering of these bodies over an increasing volume but instead to a contraction resulting in a "jet...

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Published in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 173; no. 3996; pp. 522 - 525
Main Author:	Alfvén, Hannes
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 06-08-1971
Subjects:	Center of gravity Circles Contrapuntal motion Geometric centers Mass Orbits Particle mass Particle motion Spacecraft Spacecraft orbits
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Summary:	Some consequences of Newtonian mechanics, previously overlooked, result in a new understanding of the behavior of small bodies in the solar system. Collisions between such bodies lead not to a scattering of these bodies over an increasing volume but instead to a contraction resulting in a "jet stream," with application to meteor streams and streams of asteroids. It is possible that comets are formed by bunching in such streams.
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ISSN:	0036-8075 1095-9203
DOI:	10.1126/science.173.3996.522