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Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials

Proceedings of an ISSI Workshop, 14–18 September 1998, Bern, Switzerland

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. K. Altwegg

    1. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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  2. P. Ehrenfreund

    1. Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands

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  3. J. Geiss

    1. International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

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  4. W. F. Huebner

    1. Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, USA

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Part of the book series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI (SSSI, volume 8)

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Table of contents (34 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Gases and Grains in the Coma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Composition of the Volatile Material in Halley’s Coma from in Situ Measurements

      • K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, J. Geiss
      Pages 3-18

    3. Remote Observations of the Composition of Cometary Volatiles

      • J. Crovisier, D. Bockelée-Morvan
      Pages 19-32

    4. Cometary Deuterium

      • Roland Meier, Tobias C. Owen
      Pages 33-43

    5. Comet Halley’s Gas Composition and Extended Sources: Results from the Neutral Mass Spectrometer on Giotto

      • Peter Eberhardt
      Pages 45-52

    6. On the Existence of Distributed Sources in Comet Comae

      • M. C. Festou
      Pages 53-67

    7. The Distributed CO in Comet Halley

      • Aigen Li, J. Mayo Greenberg
      Pages 69-74

    8. H2O-Activity of Comet Hale-Bopp

      • E. Kührt
      Pages 75-82

    9. Hale-Bopp and Its Sodium Tails

      • G. Cremonese
      Pages 83-89

    10. Rocky Cometary Particulates: Their Elemental, Isotopic and Mineralogical Ingredients

      • Elmar K. Jessberger
      Pages 91-97

    11. The Silicate Material in Comets

      • Martha S. Hanner
      Pages 99-108

    12. On the Organic Refractory Component of Cometary Dust

      • Marina N. Fomenkova
      Pages 109-114
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About this book

Comet nuclei are the most primitive bodies in the solar system. They have been created far away from the early Sun and their material properties have been altered the least since their formation. Thus, the composition and structure of comet nuclei provide the best information about the chemical and thermodynamic conditions in the nebula from which our solar system formed.
In this volume, cometary experts review a broad spectrum of ideas and conclusions based on in situ measurement of Comet Halley and remote sensing observations of the recent bright Comets Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake. The chemical character of comet nuclei suggests many close similarities with the composition of interstellar clouds. It also suggests material mixing from the inner solar nebula and challenges the importance of the accretion shock in the outer nebula. The book is intended to serve as a guide for researchers and graduate students working in the field of planetology and solar system exploration. Several special indexes focus the reader's attention to detailed results and discussions. It concludes with recommendations for laboratory investigations and for advanced modeling of comets, the solar nebula, and the collapse of interstellar clouds.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    K. Altwegg

  • Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands

    P. Ehrenfreund

  • International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

    J. Geiss

  • Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, USA

    W. F. Huebner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of an ISSI Workshop, 14–18 September 1998, Bern, Switzerland

  • Editors: K. Altwegg, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Geiss, W. F. Huebner

  • Series Title: Space Sciences Series of ISSI

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4211-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6154-1Published: 31 January 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5830-8Published: 14 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4211-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1385-7525

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 412

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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