Catalogue of comets passing through perihelion in 2016

Perihelion Concentration of Comets I. Discussion of the Published Methods

The problem of (non)random distribution of points on the sphere is investigated. Published procedures for obtaining preferred direction and preferred plane for points on the sphere (in the sky) are discussed. It is shown that the published methods are incorrect, and, as a consequence, the results obtained by these methods cannot be considered to be significant.

Perihelion Evolution of Observed New Comets Implies the Dominance of the Galactic Tide in Making Oort Cloud Comets Discernable

For an Oort cloud comet to be seen as a new comet, its perihelion must be moved from a point exterior to the loss cylinder boundary to a point interior to observable limits in a single orbit. The galactic tide can do this continuously, in a non-impulsive manner. Near-parabolic comets, with specific angular momentum H ∝ √q, will most easily be made observable. Therefore, to reduce the perihelion...

Mercury’s Perihelion

Study of Dosimetric Properties of Flattening Filter Free Photon Beam Passing through Cadmium Free Compensator Alloy

Background: This study aims to investigate radiation beam geometry of Cyberknife beam and change in dosimetric characteristics of six megavoltage (6MV) flattening filter free (FFF) beam after passing through high density cadmium free compensator alloy.Material and Methods: In this experimental study, changes in FFF beam dosimetric characteristics after passing through compensator alloy wa...

Passing current through touching molecules.

The charge flow from a single C(60) molecule to another one has been probed. The conformation and electronic states of both molecules on the contacting electrodes have been characterized using a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscope. While the contact conductance of a single molecule between two Cu electrodes can vary up to a factor of 3 depending on electrode geometry, the conductance of the...