Cometary/meteor coupling: structure of young streams.
Information on atmospheric parameters, properties and processes above 70 km are mainly based upon meteor data. An important problem of such data systematization is to single out the meteor streams associated with a series of extreme phenomena. The forecasting of these phenomena requires a physical model of meteor streams at the early stage of their occurrence. A direct coupling with comets is assumed for most of the streams. This paper analyses the structure simulation of cometary nucleus desintegration. The D-criterion is used as the orbital community criterion. Giacobini-Zinner comet in its ten appearances (1900-1979) is considered. Determination of stream location and its detailed structural characteristics is essential for long space missions.
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Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering, Obninsk, USSR.
D055580:Astronomical Phenomena; D001256:Astronomy; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D019110:Meteoroids; D008962:Models, Theoretical