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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Comet science is a field that has seen tremendous advances in recent years, far surpassing the knowledge reflected in the original Comets volume published as part of the Space Science Series in 1982. This new volume, with more than seventy contributing authors, contains the most extensive collection of knowledge yet assembled in the field. It will enable scientists involved in their study to make connections across disciplinary boundaries and will set the stage for discovery and new understanding in the coming years.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-PART I: A GLOBAL VIEW ON COMETARY SCIENCE
-A Brief Conceptual History of Cometary Science. M. C. Festou, H. U. Keller, and H. A. Weaver.
-Overview of Cometary Science. M. F. A'Hearn.
-PART II: FROM THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM TO THE SOLAR NEBULA
-The Cycle of Matter in Our Galaxy: From Clouds to Comets. W. M. Irvine and J. I. Lunine.
-Composition and Evolution of Interstellar Clouds. D. H. Wooden, S. B. Charnley, and P. Ehrenfreund.
-From Molecular Clouds to Circumstellar Disks. A. P. Boss.
-The Observation of Circumstellar Disks: Dust and Gas Components.
A. Dutrey, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, and J.-C. Augereau.
-From Icy Grains to Comets. S. J. Weidenschilling.
-Coupled Physical and Chemical Evolution of Volatiles in the Protoplanetary Disk: A Tale of Three Elements. J. I. Lunine and D. Gautier.
-From Interstellar Material to Comet Particles and Molecules. P. Ehrenfreund, S. B. Charnley, and D. Wooden.
-PART III: NATURE AND EVOLUTION OF COMETARY ORBITS
-Cometary Orbit Determination and Nongravitational Forces. D. K. Yeomans, P. W. Chodas, G. Sitarski, S. Szutowicz, and M. Królikowska.
-Oort Cloud Formation and Dynamics. L. Dones, P. R. Weissman, H. F. Levison, and M. J. Duncan.
-The Kuiper Belt and the Primordial Evolution of the Solar System. A. Morbidelli and M. E. Brown.
-Dynamical Evolution of Ecliptic Comets. M. Duncan, H. Levison, and L. Dones.
-Current Questions in Cometary Dynamics. H. Rickman.
-PART IV: THE NUCLEUS
-In Situ Observations of Cometary Nuclei. H. U. Keller, D. Britt, B. J. Buratti, and N. Thomas.
-The Sizes, Shapes, Albedos, and Colors of Cometary Nuclei. P. L. Lamy, I. Toth, Y. R. Fernandez, and H. A. Weaver.
-Radar Studies of Comet Nuclei and Grain Comae. J. K. Harmon, M. C. Nolan, S. J. Ostro, and D. B. Campbell.
-Rotation of Cometary Nuclei. N. H. Samarasinha, B. E. A. Mueller, M. J. S. Belton, and L. Jorda.
-Split Comets. H. Boehnhardt.
-Physical and Chemical Evolution of Cometary Nuclei. K. J. Meech and J. Svoren.
-Structure and Density of Cometary Nuclei. P. R. Weissman, E. Asphaug, and S. C. Lowry.
-Modeling the Structure and Activity of Comet Nuclei. D. Prialnik, J. Benkhoff, and M. Podolak.
-PART V: THE GAS COMA.
-The Composition of Cometary Volatiles. D. Bockelée-Morvan, J. Crovisier, M. J. Mumma, and H. A. Weaver.
-Spectroscopic Investigations of Fragment Species in the Coma. P. D. Feldman, A. L. Cochran, and M. R. Combi.
-Photometry and Imaging of the Coma with Narrowband Filters.
D. G. Schleicher and T. L. Farnham.
-Nucleus-Coma Structural Relationships: Lessons from Physical Models. J. F. Crifo, M. Fulle, N. I. Kömle, and K. Szego.
-Physical Processes and Chemical Reactions in Cometary Comae. S. D. Rodgers, S. B. Charnley, W. F. Huebner, and D. C. Boice.
-Gas Dynamics and Kinetics in the Cometary Coma: Theory and Observations. M. R. Combi, W. M. Harris, and W. H. Smyth.
-PART VI: DUST AND PLASMA
-Composition and Mineralogy of Cometary Dust. M. S. Hanner and J. P. Bradley.
-Motion of Cometary Dust. M. Fulle.
-Physical Properties of Cometary Dust from Light Scattering and Thermal Emission. L. Kolokolova, M. S. Hanner, A.-Ch. Levasseur-Regourd, and B. Å. S. Gustafson.
-Global Solar Wind Interaction and Ionospheric Dynamics. W.-H. Ip.
-X-Ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Emission from Comets. C. M. Lisse, T. E. Cravens, and K. Dennerl.
-PART VII: INTERRELATIONS
-Surface Characteristics of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs from Photometry and Spectroscopy. M. A. Barucci, A. Doressoundiram, and D. P. Cruikshank.
-From Cradle to Grave: The Rise and Demise of the Comets. D. C. Jewitt.
-The Interplanetary Dust Complex and Comets. M. V. Sykes, E. Grün, W. T. Reach, and P. Jenniskens.
-Laboratory Experiments on Cometary Materials. L. Colangeli, J. R. Brucato, A. Bar-Nun, R. L. Hudson, and M. H. Moore.
-Glossary.
-Color Section.
-Index.