Ices in the Solar System

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

   PDF

2. Introduction: Scientific Background

   1. Introduction: Scientific Background

      • J. Klinger

      Pages 1-5

3. Physics and Remote Sensing of Ices

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

      PDF

   2. The Physics of Ice: Some Fundamentals of Planetary Glaciology

      • Edward Whalley

      Pages 9-37

   3. Partial Phase Diagram for the System NH3-H20: The Water-Rich Region

      • Mary L. Johnson, Andrea Schwake, Malcolm Nicol

      Pages 39-47

   4. Phase Transitions in Solid Methane at High Pressure

      • N. J. Trappeniers

      Pages 49-58

   5. Clathrate Hydrates in the Solar System

      • Stanley L. Miller

      Pages 59-79

   6. Polymorphism in Vapor Deposited Amorphous Solid Water

      • Erwin Mayer, Rudolf Pletzer

      Pages 81-88

   7. Rheologies of H20 Ices Ih, II, And III at High Pressures: A Progress Report

      • S. H. Kirby, W. B. Durham, H. C. Heard

      Pages 89-107

   8. Creep of High-Pressure Ice VI

      • C. Sotin, P. Gillet, J. P. Poirier

      Pages 109-118

   9. Hugoniot of Water Ice

      • E. S. Gaffney

      Pages 119-148

   10. Measurement of the Extinction of Water Ice Particles

       • W. Krätschmer, N. Sorg

       Pages 149-154

   11. Spectral Properties of Water Ice and Contaminants

       • Paul G. Lucey, Roger N. Clark

       Pages 155-168

   12. Outer Solar System Materials: Ices and Color Systematics

       • William K. Hartmann, Dale P. Cruikshank, David J. Tholen

       Pages 169-181

4. Cosmochemistry of Ices and Interplanetary Particles

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

      PDF

   2. Evolution of Ices From Interstellar Space to the Solar System

      • J. Mayo Greenberg, L. B. d’Hendecourt

      Pages 185-204

   3. Formation History and Environment of Cometary Nuclei

      • Tetsuo Yamamoto

      Pages 205-219

   4. Stable Isotopic Compositions of Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Sulfur in Meteoritic Low Temperature Condensates

      • I. P. Wright

      Pages 221-249

   5. Dust of Variable Porosities (Densities) in the Solar System

      • H. Fechtig, T. Mukai

      Pages 251-259

   6. Molecule Formation in Cometary Environments

      • Valerio Pirronello

      Pages 261-272

Audouin Dollfus Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, 92195 Meudon, FRfu~CE The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and, in particular, its Department of Scientific Affairs headed by Dr. C. Sinclair, actively supports new fields of science. The recent exploration of the outer parts of the Solar System by spacecraft focused the attention of a large community of scientists on the problem of ices, which playa major role in the accretionary processes in space except for the close neighborhood of the Sun and of other stars. NATO responded to this new interest by agreeing to sponsor an Advanced Research Workshop "Ices in the Solar System", provided a proper organizing body could be set up. It was a pleasure to organize such a workshop jointly with Profes­ sor Roman Smoluchowski who had earlier organized similar conferences. I knew from the experience of others who managed such meetings in the past that there would be much work, but the opportunity of cooperating with Smoluchowski was very attractive and convinced me to agree. If well organized, the whole project promised to be more than rewarding for a large community of scientists, both in the short run and in the long run, by clarifying certain outstanding questions in astrophysics. It became clear that a well-organized international conference would attract top scientists and help unravel many fundamental problems.

• Accretion
• Planet
• Solar System
• astrophysics
• solar

• Laboratoire de Glaciologie du CNRS, Saint-Martin d’Heres, France

  Jürgen Klinger

• Observatorie de Nice, Nice, France

  Daniel Benest

• Observatoire de Meudon, Meudon, France

  Audouin Dollfus

• Astronomy Department, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

  Roman Smoluchowski

Policies and ethics