Solar System Astronomy

8.

Comets and Small Bodies

8.1.

Comet Structure and Composition

8.1.1.

Nucleus Composition

8.1.1.1.

Dirty Snowball Model

8.1.1.2.

8.1.1.3.

8.1.1.4.

Organic Compounds

8.1.2.

8.1.2.1.

Sublimation Processes

8.1.2.2.

Gas and Dust Release

8.1.2.3.

Size and Density

8.1.3.

Tail Development

8.1.3.1.

Ion Tail Formation

8.1.3.2.

Dust Tail Characteristics

8.1.3.3.

Solar Wind Interaction

8.1.3.4.

Radiation Pressure Effects

8.2.

Comet Classifications

8.2.1.

Orbital Period Groups

8.2.1.1.

Short-Period Comets

8.2.1.2.

Long-Period Comets

8.2.1.3.

Single-Apparition Comets

8.2.2.

Dynamical Families

8.2.2.1.

8.2.2.2.

Halley-Type Comets

8.2.2.3.

Oort Cloud Comets

8.3.

8.3.1.

Kuiper Belt Source

8.3.2.

Oort Cloud Reservoir

8.3.3.

Scattered Disk Contributors

8.4.

8.4.1.

8.4.2.

Comet Hale-Bopp

8.4.3.

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

8.5.

Comet Exploration

8.5.1.

8.5.2.

Deep Impact Mission

8.5.3.

Rosetta Mission

8.5.4.

Stardust Mission

8.6.

Meteoroids and Meteorites

8.6.1.

Meteoroid Sources

8.6.1.1.

Cometary Debris

8.6.1.2.

Asteroidal Fragments

8.6.1.3.

Planetary Ejecta

8.6.2.

Atmospheric Entry

8.6.2.1.

Meteor Phenomena

8.6.2.2.

Ablation Processes

8.6.2.3.

Fireball Events

8.6.3.

Meteorite Types

8.6.3.1.

Stony Meteorites

8.6.3.1.1.

8.6.3.1.2.

8.6.3.2.

Iron Meteorites

8.6.3.3.

Stony-Iron Meteorites

8.6.4.

Meteorite Analysis

8.6.4.1.

8.6.4.2.

Compositional Studies

8.6.4.3.

Solar System Formation Clues

8.7.

8.7.1.

Annual Shower Events

8.7.2.

8.7.3.

Parent Body Associations

8.7.4.

Observational Techniques

8.8.

Impact Processes

8.8.1.

Crater Formation

8.8.2.

8.8.3.

Planetary Surface Modification

8.8.4.

Biological Implications

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