1. Preface

   Preface Pages: 1 - 1

2. The Nucleus of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1): Size and Activity

   • Yanga R. Fernández

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 25

3. Modeling the Comet Nucleus Interior

   • Dina Prialnik

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 52

4. Lessons of Comet Hale-Bopp for Coma Chemistry: Observations and Theory

   • Dominique Bockelée-Morvan
   • Jacques Crovisier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 71

5. Hale-Bopp: What Makes a Big Comet Different? Coma Dynamics: Observations and Theory

   • Michael Combi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 90

6. Comet Splitting – Observations and Model Scenarios

   • Hermann Boehnhardt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 115

7. Observational Constraints On Surface Characteristics Of Comet Nuclei

   • Humberto Campins
   • Yanga Fernández

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 134

8. Rotational Properties of Cometary Nuclei

   • Laurent Jorda
   • Pedro Gutiérrez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 160

9. Sublimation Mechanisms of Comet Nuclei

   • Maria Teresa Capria

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 178

10. Composition of Comets: Observations and Models

    • Walter F. Huebner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 195

11. New Experimental and Theoretical Techniques for Studying Photochemical reactions of Cometary Atmospheres

    • William M. Jackson
    • Dadong Xu
    • David H. Volman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 220

12. Physico-Chemistry of Comets: Models and Laboratory Experiments

    • P. Ehrenfreund
    • S. D. Rodgers
    • S. B. Charnley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 246

13. Comet Grains: Their IR Emission and Their Relation to ISm Grains

    • Diane H. Wooden

    OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 287

14. The Comet Nucleus Tour (Contour); A NASA Discovery Mission

    • Anita Cochran
    • Joseph Veverka
    • Donald Yeomans

    OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 300

15. The Deep Space 1 Encounter with Comet 19p/Borrelly

    • D. C. Boice
    • L. A. Soderblom
    • N. Thomas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 324

16. Long-Period Comets and the Oort Cloud

    • Julio A. Fernández

    OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 343