Contents
Collaborating Authors
Preface
Part I - Overview
Overview Of Comet Observations - S. Wyckoff
Comet Discoveries, Statistics, And Observational Selection - L. Kresák
Part II - Nucleus
Chemical Composition Of Cometary Nuclei - A.H. Delsemme
What Are Comets Made Of? A Model Based On Interstellar Dust - J.M. Greenberg
The Infrared Spectral Properties Of Frozen Volatiles - U. Fink and G. T. Sill
Structure And Origin Of Cometary Nuclei - B. Donn and J. Rahe
The Rotation Of Comet Nuclei - F.L. Whipple
The Problem Of Split Comets In Review - Z. Sekanina
Radar Detectability Of Comets - P.G. Kamoun, G.H. Pettengill, and I.I. Shapiro
Relationships Between Comets, Large Meteors, and Meteorites - G. W. Wetherill and D.O. Revelle
Part III - Dust
Optical And Infrared Observations Of Bright Comets In The Range 0.5 micrometers To 20 micrometers - E.P.Ney
Interpreting The Thermal Properties of Cometary Dust - H. Campins and M.S. Hanner
Dusty Gas-Dynamics In Real Comets - M.K. Wallis
Cometary Dust In The Solar System - H. Fechtig
Laboratory Studies Of Interplanetary Dust - P. Fraundorf, D.E. Brownlee, and R.M Walker
Part IV - Coma
Comet Head Photometry: Past, Present, and Future - D.D. Meisel and C.S. Morris
Spectrophotometry Of Comets At Optical Wavelengths - M.F. A'Hearn
Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Of Comae - P.D. Feldman
Laboratory Studies of Photochemical and Spectroscopic Phenomena Related to Comets - W.M. Jackson
Photochemical Processes In The Inner Coma - W.F. Huebner, P. T. Giguere, and W.L. Slattery
Part V - Ion Tails and Solar Wind Interactions
Observations And Dynamics Of Plasma Tails - I.C Brandt
Plasma Flow And Magnetic Fields In Comets - H. U. Schmidt and R. Wegmann
Solar Wind Interaction With Comets: Lessons From Venus - C.T. Russell, J.G. Luhmann, R.C Elphic, and M. Neugebauer
Theories of Physical Processes in the Cometary Comae and Ion Tails - W.-H. Ip And W.I. Axford
Part VI - Origin, Evolution, And Interrelations
Dynamical History Of The Oort Cloud - P.R. Weissman
Evolution Of Long- And Short-Period Orbits - E. Everhart
Do Comets Evolve Into Asteroids? Evidence From Physical Studies - J. Degewij And E.F. Tedesco
Comets and Origin of Life - C Ponnamperuma And E. Ochiai
Part VII - Appendix
Basic Information And References - B. C. Marsden and E. Roemer
Glossary, Acknowledgments, And Index
Glossary
List Of Participants
Index