Dynamics of Comets: Their Origin and Evolution : Proceedings of the 83rd Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Rome, Italy, 11–15 June 1984

**`**This collection of papers...is likely to become one of the most well-thumbed books on the bookshelf of the cometary astronomer. This is partly due to the fact that a similar volume is unlikely to appear for another decade, but more importantly because the subject matter strikes right at the heart of current cometary research - their origins and dynamics. ... recommend this work as it provides an invaluable up-to-date summary of the subject. This will be of great benefit to those already working in the field and will also serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers.**'****The Observatory (August 1986)****`**I can highly recommend __Dynamics of Comets: Their Origin and Evolution__ as a source of many good discussions on this wide-ranging topic.**'****International Comet Quarterly (October 1987)** Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Origin of Comets among the Accreting Outer Planets....Pages 3-10 Statistical Test of the Distribution of Perihelion Points and its Implication for Cometary Origin....Pages 11-17 Molecular Clouds: Comet Factories?....Pages 19-30 Dynamical Interactions of the Solar System with Massive Nebulae....Pages 31-41 Front Matter....Pages 43-43 The Formation and Dynamical Survival of the Comet Cloud....Pages 45-70 Empirical Data from Oort’s Cloud....Pages 71-85 Dynamical Evolution of The Oort Cloud....Pages 87-96 Stellar Perturbations on Comets....Pages 97-104 Some Remarks about the Aphelion Distribution of Long Period Comets on the Sky....Pages 105-111 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 The Formation and Evolution of Meteor Streams....Pages 115-127 The Transition Between Long Period Comets, Short Period Comets and Meteoroid Streams....Pages 129-142 The Past and Future of 1983 TB and its Relationship to the Geminid Meteor Stream....Pages 143-148 Interrelations between Comets and Asteroids....Pages 149-172 On the Rotation of Cometary Nuclei and Small Asteroids....Pages 173-178 The Orbital Evolution of Meteor Streams at the 2/1 Resonance with Jupiter....Pages 179-180 Dynamical Effects of Cometary Bombardment of Saturn’s Rings and Moons....Pages 181-182 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 An Efficient Integrator that Uses Gauss-Radau Spacings....Pages 185-202 The Long-Term Evolution Project....Pages 203-214 Errors in Numerical Integrations and Chaotic Motions....Pages 215-226 One of the Problems of Long-Term Integrations of Cometary Orbits....Pages 227-235 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 The Role of the Researches of E.I. Kazimirchak-Polonskaya on the Dynamical Evolution of Short-Period Comets....Pages 237-241 Review of Studies on Capture of Comets by Neptune and its Role in the Dynamic Evolution of Cometary Orbits....Pages 243-258 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 Statistical and Numerical Studies of the Orbital Evolution of Short-Period Comets....Pages 261-278 The Aging and Lifetimes of Comets....Pages 279-302 Planetary Perturbations, Dynamical Energy and Evolution of Orbital Elements of Periodic Comets....Pages 303-310 The Problem of the 1/a-Distribution and Cometary Fading....Pages 311-317 First Results of the Integration of Motion of Short-Period Comets Over 800 Years....Pages 319-340 Front Matter....Pages 341-341 Nongravitational Forces on Comets: The First Fifteen Years....Pages 343-352 Do Comet Groups Exist?....Pages 353-363 A Study of the Pre-Discovery Motion of the Two Asteroids 1983 SA and 1983 XF....Pages 365-370 Influence of Non-Gravitational Forces on the Orbital Evolution of the Short-Period Comets....Pages 371-379 On the Nongravitational Effects in the Comet Encke Motion....Pages 381-385 Front Matter....Pages 387-387 The Dynamical History of Comet Halley....Pages 389-398 The Past Orbit of Comet Halley and Its Meteor Stream....Pages 399-403 The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) Mission to Comet Giacobini-Zinner (G/Z)....Pages 405-414 The Selection of Comets for Future Space Missions....Pages 415-421 Back Matter....Pages 423-439 ` This collection of papers...is likely to become one of the most well-thumbed books on the bookshelf of the cometary astronomer. This is partly due to the fact that a similar volume is unlikely to appear for another decade, but more importantly because the subject matter strikes right at the heart of current cometary research - their origins and dynamics. ... recommend this work as it provides an invaluable up-to-date summary of the subject. This will be of great benefit to those already working in the field and will also serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers. ' The Observatory (August 1986) ` I can highly recommend Dynamics of Comets: Their Origin and Evolution as a source of many good discussions on this wide-ranging topic. ' International Comet Quarterly (October 1987) Proceedings of the 83rd Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union held in Rome, Italy, June 11-15, 1984