Recent content by Emi11

Hmmm, well a short-period comet must have an orbit of 200 years, so perhaps the eccentricity should be lower in order for it to be a valid orbit for a short period comet? However, this doesn't tangibly prevent the comet from following this orbit so I am unsure.

Here are my thoughts: The inner edge of the Kuiper Belt is 30 AU, outer edge is 50 AU. Hence, the closest the comet's orbit can get to the Sun is 30 AU. This is our perihelion, because in order to maintain that the semi major axis is 36, and we want the maximum possible aphelion, we calculate...