Cometary Science After Hale-Bopp

by Iau Colloquium 2002 (Tenerife, Canary Islands); Combi, M.; Kidger, Mark R.; Schulz, R.; Bohnhardt, Hermann

• ISBN13: 9781402009785
• ISBN10: 140200978X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Comet Hale-Bopp defines a milestone event for cometary science: it is the first "really big" comet observed with modern equipment on the ground and from space and due to that; it is considered the new reference object in cometary sciences.At the beginning of a new era in spacecraft exploration of comets and five years after Hale-Bopp's perihelion passage these proceedings of invited and contributed papers for IAU Colloquium 186 "Cometary Science after Hale-Bopp" review the state-of-the-art knowledge on comets, the icy, dusty and most primordial left-overs of the formation disk of our own solar system.

Table of Contents

The 1995-2002 Long-Term Monitoring of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at Radio Wavelength (CP)	p. 5
Large-Scale Structures in Comet Hale-Bopp. Latitudinal Variations and Monster Disconnection Event (CP)	p. 15
Modelling of Shape Changes of the Nuclei of Comets C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp and 46P/Wirtanen Caused by Water Ice Sublimation (CP)	p. 35
Wide Field Imaging and the Velocity Structure in the Coma of Hale-Bopp (CP)	p. 45
Observations of Rotating Jets of Carbon Monoxide in Comet Hale-Bopp with the IRAM Interferometer (RN)	p. 57
From Hale-Bopp's Activity to Properties of its Nucleus (RN)	p. 61
The Shadow of Comet Hale-Bopp in Lyman-Alpha. An Absolute Measurement of H Production Rate with SOHO/SWAN (CP)	p. 67
The Gas Production Rate and Coma Structure of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) (CP)	p. 77
Velocity-Resolved Observations of H[alpha] Emission from Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) (RN)	p. 89
An Easy-to-Use Model for the Optical Thickness and Ambient Illumination within Cometary Dust Comae (CP)	p. 99
How Fast the Nucleus of Comet Hale-Bopp Was Rotating? (CP)	p. 109
A Study of Non-Gravitational Effects of Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp (CP)	p. 119
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 - One Orbit after Break-Up: Search for Fragments (CP)	p. 131
Spectra of Split Comet C/1999 S4 (Linear) (RN)	p. 141
Split Comet C/2001 A2 (Linear) (RN)	p. 147
On the 2001 Splitting of the Nucleus of 51P/Harrington (RN)	p. 153
The Breakup of C/1999 S4 (Linear), Days 0-10 (CP)	p. 157
Comparative Study of the Dust Polarimetric Properties in Split and Normal Comets (CP)	p. 167
Observations of Comet C/2001 A2 (Linear) with the Multipupil Fiber Spectrograph (RN)	p. 177
Long-Term Amateur CCD Monitoring of Comet C/1999 S4 (Linear) (CP)	p. 185
The Dust Coma of Comet C/1999 S4 (Linear) (CP)	p. 195
Fast Variations of Spectra of Comet Halley (CP)	p. 205
C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp: Short and Long Distance Activity from a Theoretical Model (CP)	p. 217
Challenging a Paradigm: Do We Need Active and Inactive Areas to Account for Near-Nuclear Jet Activity? (CP)	p. 227
Evolution of the Rotational State of Irregular Cometary Nuclei (CP)	p. 239
A Model of an Active Region on the Surface of a Cometary Nucleus (CP)	p. 249
Spanish Monitoring of Comets: Making Sense of Amateur Photometric Data (CP)	p. 259
Measuring Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Cometary Surfaces: In Situ Methods (CP)	p. 269
Impact Break-Up of Cometary Nuclei - Conclusions from Impact Experiments (RN)	p. 283
Thermophysical Modelling of Comet P/Borrelly Effects of Volume Energy Absorption and Volume Sublimation (CP)	p. 293
From a Weak to a Strong Comet - 3D Global Hybrid Simulation Studies (CP)	p. 305
Chemical Composition Diversity among 24 Comets Observed at Radio Wavelengths (CP)	p. 323
Nitrogen Sulfide in Comets Hyakutake (C/1996 B2) and Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) (CP)	p. 335
Chemical Processes in Cometary Comae (CP)	p. 349
Optical Spectroscopy of Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINER) at the Guillermo Haro Astrophysical Observatory in Mexico (RN)	p. 361
Observations of the OH Radio Lines of Comets at Nancay - Recent Developments (RN)	p. 369
Spin Temperature of Ammonia Determined from NH[subscript 2] in Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) (CP)	p. 371
Evidence for Chemical Heterogeneity in the Nucleus of C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) (CP)	p. 381
Optical Spectroscopy and Near-Infrared Observations of Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) in December 2001 from Chile and Brazil (CP)	p. 391
Photometry and Imaging of Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) (RN)	p. 401
Disconnection Events in Comets (CP)	p. 405
Polarimetric Study of Comets C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) and C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) (CP)	p. 413
Polarimetric and Photometric Observations of Split Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) (CP)	p. 423
The Near-Nuclear Coma of Comet Halley in March 1986 (CP)	p. 435
The Experiments Onboard the Rosetta Lander (CP)	p. 445
Radio Investigations of 19P/Borrelly in Support to the Deep Space 1 Flyby (RN)	p. 459
Visible Lightcurve Observations of Comet 19P/Borrelly (CP)	p. 463
Spin Axis Direction of Comet 19P/Borrelly Based on Observations from 2000 and 2001 (CP)	p. 473
Directional Distribution of Observable Comets Induced by a Star Passage through the Oort Cloud (RN)	p. 483
Modeling of the Orbital Evolution of 2060 Chiron (RN)	p. 489
The Surface of Cometary Nuclei Related Minor Icy Bodies (RN)	p. 495
On the Role of Dust Mass Loss in the Evolution of Comets and Dusty Disk Systems (CP)	p. 497
Confirmation of Cometary Features of Newly Discovered Bodies (CP)	p. 507
The Round Table Discussion: How Should We Take Best Advantage of the New Generation of Large Telescopes for Cometary Research? (CP)	p. 515
List of Participants	p. 523
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