Refereed Publications

 

R. Musci, R. J. Weryk, P.Brown, M. D. Campbell-Brown and P. Wiegert (2012), An optical survey for millimeter-sized interstellar meteoroids, ApJ. 745, 161-166. [pdf version of the paper]

A. Christou and P. Wiegert (2012), A population of main belt asteroids co-orbiting with Ceres and Vesta, Icarus, 217, 27-42. [pdf version of the paper]

D. L. Clark and P. Wiegert (2011), A numerical comparison with the Ceplecha analytical meteoroid orbit determination method, Meteor. Plan. Sci., 46, 1217-1225. [pdf version of the paper]

M. Connors, P. Wiegert and C. Veillet (2011), Earth's Trojan asteroid, Nature, 475, 481-483. [pdf version of the paper] [@ Nature]. There was also a Nature commentary

P. Wiegert, P. Brown, R. Weryk and D. Wong (2011), The Daytime Craterids, a radar-detected meteor shower outburst from hyperbolic comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini), MNRAS, 414, 668-676. [pdf version of the paper]

T. Kasuga, D. D. Balam and P. A. Wiegert (2010), Comet 169P/NEAT(=2002 EX12): The parent body of the alpha-Capricornid meteoroid stream, Astron. J., 140, 1806-1813. [pdf version of the paper]

A. M. Gilbert and P. A. Wiegert (2010), Updated results of a search for main-belt comets using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey, Icarus, 210, 998-999. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Brown, D. K. Wong, R. J. Weryk, P. Wiegert (2010), A meteoroid stream survey using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar: II: Identification of minor showers using a 3D wavelet transform, Icarus, 207, 66-81. [pdf version of the paper]

A. Gilbert, P. Wiegert, E. Unda-Sanzana and O. Vaduvescu (2010), Spectroscopic observations of new Oort cloud comet 2006 VZ13 and four other comets, MNRAS, 401, 2399-2405. [pdf version of the paper]

A. Gilbert and P. Wiegert, (2009), Searching for Main-Belt Comets using the Canada-France-Hawaii Legacy Survey, Icarus, 201, 714-718. [pdf version of the paper]

M. Campbell-Brown and P. Wiegert (2009), Seasonal variations in the north toroidal sporadic meteor source, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 44, 1837-1848. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, J. Vaubaillon and M. Campbell-Brown (2009), A Dynamical Model of the Sporadic Meteoroid Complex, Icarus, 201, 295-310. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, (2008), The Dynamics of Low-Perihelion Meteoroid Streams, Earth, Moon and Planets, 102, 15-26. [pdf version of the paper]

R. Brasser and P. Wiegert, (2008), Asteroids on Earth-like orbits and their origins, MNRAS, 386, 2031-2038. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, M. Houde and R. Peng (2008), An Upper Limit on Gas Production from 3200 Phaethon, Icarus, 194, 843-847. [pdf version of the paper]

M. Connors, R. Stacey, P. Wiegert and R. Brasser (2008), Inner Solar System dynamical analogs of plutinos, Icarus, 194, 789-799. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, D. Balam, A. Moss, C. Veillet, M. Connors, I. Shelton, (2007) Evidence for a colour dependence in the size-distribution of main-belt asteroids, Astron. J. 133, 1609-1614. [pdf version of the paper]

S. Valluri, K. Rao, P. Wiegert, F. Chishtie, (2006) A Study of the Gravitational Wave Signal from Pulsars with Orbital and Spin-down Corrections, Can. J. Phys., 84, 607-613. [pdf version of the paper]

S. Mikkola, K. Innanen, P. Wiegert, M. Connors & R. Brasser, (2006) Stability Limits for the Quasi-Satellite Orbit, Mon. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 369, 15-24. [pdf version of the paper]

H. Levison, D. Terrell, P. Wiegert, L. Dones & M. Duncan, (2006) On the Origin of the Unusual Orbit of Comet 2/Encke, Icarus, 182, 161-168. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert and P. Brown, (2005) The Quadrantid meteoroid complex, Icarus, 179, 139-157. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, P. Brown, J. Vaubaillon, H. Schijns, (2005) The tau Herculid meteor shower and comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, Mon. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 361, 638-644. [pdf version of the paper]

R. Valluri, P. Yu, G. Smith, P. Wiegert, (2005) An extension of Newton's apsidal precession theorem, Mon. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 358, 1273-1284. [pdf version of the paper]

M. Connors, G. Stacey, R. Brasser, P. Wiegert, (2005) A survey of orbits of co-orbitals of Mars, Planetary and Space Science, 53, 617-624. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert and P. Brown, (2004) The Core of the Quadrantid Meteoroid Stream is Two Hundred Years Old, Earth, Moon and Planets, 95, 81-88. [pdf version of the paper]

R. Brasser, K. A. Innanen, M. Connors, C. Veillet, P. Wiegert, S. Mikkola and P. W. Chodas, (2004) Transient co-orbital asteroids, Icarus, 171, 102-109. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert and P. Brown, (2004) The problem of linking minor meteor showers to their parent bodies: initial considerations, Earth, Moon and Planets, 95, 19-26. [pdf version of the paper]

M. Connors, C. Veillet, R. Brasser, P. Wiegert, P. W. Chodas, S. Mikkola, and K. Innanen, (2004) Discovery of Earth's Quasi-satellite, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 39, 1251-1255. [pdf version of the paper]

S. Mikkola, R. Brasser, P. Wiegert, and K. Innanen, (2004) Asteroid 2002 VE68, a quasi-satellite of Venus, Mon. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 351, L63-65. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, D. McNeil, M. Duncan and H. Levison, (2004) Fast Force Algorithms and Solar System Integrations, Astron. J., 127, 1218-1226. [pdf version of the paper]

R. Brasser, S. Mikkola, T.-Y. Huang, P. Wiegert, and K. Innanen, (2004) Long-term evolution of the Neptune Trojan 2001 QR322, Mon. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 347, 833-836. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, K. Innanen, T-Y Huang and S. Mikkola, (2003) The effect of Neptune's accretion on Pluto and the Plutinos, Astron. J, 126, 1575-1587. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Jupp, P. Kim, J-Y Koo and P. Wiegert, (2003) The Intrinsic Distribution and Selection Bias of Long-Period Cometary Orbits, J. Amer. Stat. Assoc., 98, 515-521. [pdf version of the paper]

H. Levison, A. Morbidelli, L. Dones, R. Jedicke, P. Wiegert, W. Bottke, (2002) The Mass Disruption of Oort Cloud Comets, Science, 296, 2212-2215. [pdf version of the paper][@ Science] as well as a Science [commentary]

M. Connors, P. Chodas, S. Mikkola, P. Wiegert, C. Veillet and K. Innanen, (2002) The Discovery of an Asteroid and Quasi-satellite in an Earth-like Horseshoe Orbit, Meteor. Plan. Sci., 37, 1435-1441. [pdf version of the paper]

S. Mikkola and P. Wiegert, (2002) Regularizing Time Transformations in Symplectic and Composite Integration, Cel. Mech and Dyn. Astron., 82, 375-390. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, K. Innanen & S. Mikkola, (2000) Earth Trojan asteroids: a Study in Support of Observational Searches, Icarus, 145, 33-43. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, K. Innanen, & S. Mikkola, (2000) The Stability of Quasi Satellites in the Outer Solar System, Astron. J., 119, 1978-1984. [pdf version of the paper]

M. Holman & P. Wiegert, (1999) Long-term Stability of Planets in Binary Systems, Astron. J. 117, 621-628. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert & S. Tremaine, (1999) The Evolution of Long-Period Comets, Icarus, 137, 84-121. [pdf version of the paper]

K. Innanen, S. Mikkola & P. Wiegert, (1998) The Earth-Moon System and the Dynamical Stability of the Inner Solar System, Astron J, 116.2055-2057. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert and R. Garrison, (1998) A Search for Helium Spectrum Variables, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 92, 134-144. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, K. Innanen, & S. Mikkola, (1998) The Orbital Evolution of Near-Earth Asteroid 3753, Astron. J., 115, 2604-2613. [pdf version of the paper]

P. Wiegert, K. Innanen, & S. Mikkola, (1997) An asteroidal companion to the Earth, Nature, 387, 685-686. [pdf version of the paper] [@ Nature]

P. Wiegert & M. Holman, (1997) The Stability of Planets in the Alpha Centauri System, Astron. J, 113, 1445-1450. [pdf version of the paper]