Cometary Science after Hale-Bopp: Volume 2 Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 186 21–25 January 2002, Tenerife, Spain

Front Matter....Pages i-4
The 1995–2002 Long-Term Monitoring of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at Radio Wavelength....Pages 5-14
Large-Scale Structures in Comet Hale-Bopp....Pages 15-33
Modelling of Shape Changes of the Nuclei of Comets C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp and 46P/Wirtanen Caused by Water Ice Sublimation....Pages 35-44
Wide Field Imaging and the Velocity Structure in the Coma of Hale-Bopp....Pages 45-56
Observations of Rotating Jets of Carbon Monoxide in Comet Hale-Bopp with the IRAM Interferometer....Pages 57-60
From Hale-Bopp’s Activity to Properties of Its Nucleus....Pages 61-65
The Shadow of Comet Hale-Bopp in Lyman-Alpha....Pages 67-76
The Gas Production Rate and Coma Structure of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)....Pages 77-87
Velocity-Resolved Observations of H α Emission from Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)....Pages 89-97
An Easy-to-Use Model for the Optical Thickness and Ambient Illumination within Cometary Dust Comae....Pages 99-108
How Fast the Nucleus of Comet Hale-Bopp Was Rotating?....Pages 109-117
A Study of Non-Gravitational Effects of Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp....Pages 119-130
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 — One Orbit after Break-Up: Search for Fragments....Pages 131-139
Spectra of Split Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)....Pages 141-146
Split Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)....Pages 147-151
On the 2001 Splitting of the Nucleus of 51P/Harrington....Pages 153-156
The Breakup of C/1999 S4 (LINEAR), Days 0-10....Pages 157-165
Comparative Study of the Dust Polarimetric Properties in Split and Normal Comets....Pages 167-176
Observations of Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) with the Multipupil Fiber Spectrograph....Pages 177-183
Long-Term Amateur CCD Monitoring of Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)....Pages 185-194
The Dust Coma of Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)....Pages 195-203
Fast Variations of Spectra of Comet Halley....Pages 205-215
C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp: Short and Long Distance Activity From a Theoretical Model....Pages 217-225
Challenging a Paradigm: Do We Need Active and Inactive Areas to Account for Near-Nuclear Jet Activity....Pages 227-238
Evolution of the Rotational State of Irregular Cometary Nuclei....Pages 239-247
A Model of an Active Region on the Surface of a Cometary Nucleus....Pages 249-257
Spanish Monitoring of Comets: Making Sense of Amateur Photometric Data....Pages 259-268
Measuring Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Cometary Surfaces: In Situ Methods....Pages 269-282
Impact Break-Up of Cometary Nuclei — Conclusions from Impact Experiments....Pages 283-291
Thermophysical Modelling of Comet P/Borrelly Effects of Volume Energy Absorption and Volume Sublimation....Pages 293-303
From a Weak to a Strong Comet — 3D Global Hybrid Simulation Studies....Pages 305-321
Chemical Composition Diversity Among 24 Comets Observed at Radio Wavelengths....Pages 323-333
Nitrogen Sulfide in Comets Hyakutake (C/1996 B2) and Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1)....Pages 335-347
Chemical Processes in Cometary Comae....Pages 349-360
Optical Spectroscopy of Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) at the Guillermo Haro Astrophysical Observatory in Mexico....Pages 361-368
Observations of the OH Radio Lines of Comets at Nançay — Recent Developments....Pages 369-370
Spin Temperature of Ammonia Determined from NH 2 in Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)....Pages 371-379
Evidence for Chemical Heterogeneity in the Nucleus of C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)....Pages 381-389
Optical Spectroscopy and Near-Infrared Observations of Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) in December 2001 from Chile and Brazil....Pages 391-400
Photometry and Imaging of Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)....Pages 401-403
Disconnection Events in Comets....Pages 405-411
Polarimetric Study of Comets C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) and C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)....Pages 413-421
Polarimetric and Photometric Observations of Split Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)....Pages 423-433
The Near-Nuclear Coma of Comet Halley in March 1986....Pages 435-443
The Experiments Onboard the Rosetta Lander....Pages 445-458
Radio Investigations of 19P/Borrelly in Support to the Deep Space 1 Flyby....Pages 459-461
Visible Lightcurve Observations of Comet 19P/Borrelly....Pages 463-471
Spin Axis Direction of Comet 19P/Borrelly Based on Observations From 2000 and 2001....Pages 473-482
Directional Distribution of Observable Comets Induced by a Star Passage through the Oort Cloud....Pages 483-488
Modeling of the Orbital Evolution of 2060 Chiron....Pages 489-494
The Surface of Cometary Nulcei Related Minor Icy Bodies....Pages 495-496
On the Role of Dust Mass Loss in the Evolution of Comets and Dusty Disk Systems....Pages 497-506
Confirmation of Cometary Features of Newly Discovered Bodies....Pages 507-513
The Round Table Discussion: How Should We Take Best Advantage of the New Generation of Large Telescopes for Cometary Research?....Pages 515-522
Back Matter....Pages 523-524