Comets and asteroids on sungrazing orbits

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Theoretical dynamics:
Some papers on gravitational mechanisms that can gradually but systematically change comet/asteroid orbits to be sungrazing:

• Chambers et al. (1992)
• Farinella et al. (1994)
• Valsecchi et al. (1995)

• Picture of sungrazing comet (jpg file, 740k) taken by SOHO, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (caption; copyright note). Picture by SOHO/LASCO consortium.

• Kronk sungrazer page
• SOHO sungrazer page
• BAA Comet Section: Kreutz comets
• Maik Meyer
• Rainer Kracht

Last revised: 2014 April 15th