Commission 15: Physical Study of Comets, Minor Planets and Meteorites

1997 ◽  
pp. 183-202
Author(s):  
Michael F. A’Hearn ◽  
Vincenzo Zappalà ◽  
Hermann Böhnhardt ◽  
Alan W. Harris ◽  
Mark Bailey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minor Planets ◽  
Physical Study

scholarly journals Preface: Joint Discussion JD5 From Meteors and Meteorites to their Parent Bodies: Current Status and Future Developments

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (H16) ◽  
pp. 137-137 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Planetary Systems ◽  
Interplanetary Dust ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Minor Planets ◽  
Division Iii ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Physical Study ◽  
Fundamental Astronomy

The Joint Discussion 5 entitled "From Meteors and Meteorites to their Parent Bodies: Current Status and Future Developments" within the IAU GA 2012 was organized with the coordination of the IAU Division III Planetary Systems Sciences and the IAU Commission N. 22 Meteors, Meteorites & Interplanetary Dust, together with the supports by Divisions I Fundamental Astronomy, Division XII Union-Wide Activities, Commission 4 Ephemerides, Commission 6 Astronomical Telegrams, Commission 8 Astrometry, Commission 15 Physical Study of Comets & Minor Planets, and Commission 20 Positions & Motions of Minor Planets, Comets & Satellites.

scholarly journals Commission 15: Physical Study of Comets, Minor Planets, and Meteorites (L’Etude Physique des Cometes, des Petites Planetes et des Meteorites)

2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-114
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Zappala ◽  
H. Uwe Keller ◽  
M. Bailey ◽  
R. P. Binzel ◽  
M. T. Capria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Present Report ◽  
Minor Planets ◽  
Single Section ◽  
Physical Study ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Space Material ◽  
The Relationship

The present report of Commission 15 has been, as usual, prepared primarily by the chairpersons of the two working groups. E. Tedesco wrote the section about Asteroids and Meteorites, with the assistance of A. Cellino, G. Consolmagno and C.-I. Lagerkvist. W. F. Huebner prepared the section about Comets, with the assistance of J. Benkhoff, H. Boehnhardt, J. Brandt, M. T. Capria, A. Cochran, G. Cremonese, M. Duncan, W. Huntress, H. Levison, and G. P. Tozzi. Moreover, the whole document has been assembled by K. Muinonen, who did the final editing, to merge the two reports and fit the document into the allotted space. Material taken from both major areas regarding the relationship between comets and asteroids has been combined into a single section.

scholarly journals Commission 15: Physical Study of Comets, Minor Planets and Meteorites

1982 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-174
Author(s):  
Bertram Donn
Keyword(s):  
Origin Of Life ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Minor Planets ◽  
Physical Study ◽  
Experimental Approaches ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
Observational Techniques

The illness which prevented Dr. N. Richter from presiding over Commission 15 sessions in Montreal proved fatal on November 26, 1980.Books published since 1978 dealing with the subject matter of Commission 15 are: (1) Comets and The Origin of Life, ed. C. Ponnomperuma, 1981, D. Reidel pub. Co., Dordrecht, Holland (designated C. P. Colloq. in Report); (2) Comets, ed. L. Wilkening, Univ. Arizona Press, 1982 (designated Comets, 1982 in Report) contains invited reviews of Tucson, IAU Colloquium No 61, “Comets” Gases, Ices, Grains, Plasma”. Contributed papers will appear in a volume of Icarus. Papers dealing with cometary and asteroidal orbits appear in IAU Symp. 81, 1979 and with cometary grains and meteorites in IAU Symp. 90, 1981. Proceedings of Workshops are: (1) “Experimental Approaches to Comets”, ed. J. Oro, 1978, Lunar and planetary Institute, Pub. 361; (2) “Modern Observational Techniques for Comets”, eds. J. Brandt et al., 1981, JPL Pub. 81-68, NASA.

scholarly journals DIVISION III / COMMISSION 15 / WORKING GROUP PHYSICAL STUDY OF MINOR PLANETS

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (T26B) ◽  
pp. 131-132
Author(s):  
Walter F. Huebner ◽  
Alberto Cellino ◽  
Edward F. Tedesco ◽  
Dominique Bockelee-Morvan ◽  
Yuehua Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Properties ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Business Meeting ◽  
Minor Planet ◽  
Minor Planets ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Division Iii ◽  
Physical Study

The meeting of the Physical Properties of the Minor Planets Working Group of IAU Commission 15 took place on 24 August, and was devoted to purely scientific matters, since other topics (organization of the Minor Planet WG, need of a new web page, election of the new chairman) had been already discussed during the business meeting of Commission 15, on 22 August. A brief summary of the talks given during the meeting is given in what follows.

scholarly journals Commission 15: Physical Study of Comets and Minor Planets: (Etude Physique Des Cometes Et Des Petites Planetes)

2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-161
Author(s):  
H. Uwe Keller ◽  
Edward F. Tedesco ◽  
M.T. Capria ◽  
A. Harris ◽  
N. Kiselev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minor Planets ◽  
Physical Study

scholarly journals Commission 15: Physical Study of Comets, Minor Planets, and Meteorites

1985 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-187
Author(s):  
C. R. Chapman ◽  
L. Kresak ◽  
B. D. Donn ◽  
F. Dossin ◽  
H. Fechtig ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Solar System ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
The United States ◽  
Minor Planets ◽  
Small Bodies ◽  
New Era ◽  
Asteroid Exploration ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Physical Study

The last three years have witnessed a growing interest in the physical properties of the small bodies in the solar system. Perhaps the most significant impetus to research on small bodies has been the imminent arrival of Comet Halley in the inner solar system. This famous comet, which was recovered in autumn 1982, has been the object of intense study during the past year as it has approached the sun and developed a tail. Much of the international, ground-based astronomical research on Halley has been coordinated through the International Halley Watch program. Spacecraft from several nations have been successfully launched (or soon will be, we hope) and are on their way to intercept the comet and make close-up observations and in situ measurements. The commencement of spacecraft study of small bodies marks a new era in comet/asteroid science and, in coordination with ground-based and Earth-orbital observations, will result in unprecedented new knowledge about the origin of the solar system and about solar system processes. Although Halley is receiving the most attention, interest is also high in Comet Giacobini-Zinner, the vicinity of which will be probed by a diverted American spacecraft in September 1985. Upcoming spacecraft studies of comets through 1986 are described at the end of the comet section of this report. Asteroid exploration by spacecraft is also anticipated to begin in the near future. The trajectory of the NASA Gailieo Mission to Jupiter has been changed to permit close-encounter observations of the large main-belt asteroid 29 Amphitrite in December 1986; these observations will be conducted on a “best effort” basis only a few months after launch of Galileo. Interest is also high in Europe, the Soviet Union, and the United States in possible spacecraft missions to additional comets and asteroids during the 1990’s. If these efforts are pursued, there will be a concomitant ground-based effort. The last three years have also witnessed extremely productive efforts to observe small bodies from Earth orbit. For example, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite discovered a comet in 1983, which made the closest approach to the Earth of any comet in centuries. IRAS made important discoveries and measurements of other comets and also assembled an immense database on infrared brightnesses of thousands of numbered and unnumbered asteroids. The planned launch of the Hubble Space Telescope next year highlights the continuing potential for applying extremely powerful instrumental techniques to the study of comets and asteroids from above the Earth’s atmosphere.

scholarly journals 15. Physical Study of Comets, Minor Planets and Meteorites

1979 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-102
Author(s):  
N.B. Richter
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Considerable Increase ◽  
Solar Nebula ◽  
Past History ◽  
Minor Planets ◽  
The Past ◽  
Physical Study ◽  
History Of

Comets, minor planets and meteorites provide us with valuable information about the past history of the solar system. They belong to the most primitive samples of the primordial solar nebula. Over the past years, we can record a considerable increase of interest in these bodies.

Physical Study of Comets, Minor Planets and Meteorites

1977 ◽  
pp. 135-142
Author(s):  
L. M. Shul’man ◽  
D. A. Mendis ◽  
Z. Sekanina ◽  
J. C. Brandt ◽  
P. D. Feldman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Minor Planets ◽  
Physical Study
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