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Collisional Processes in the Solar System pp 163–172Cite as

Distant Comet Observations

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This paper summarizes the motivation for observing distant comets: they can provide information about the dynamics, collisions, physical and chemical conditions in the early solar nebula. The challenges and techniques of observing faint moving objects at large distances and searching for activity will be discussed. Our state of knowledge about distant comet size distributions, evidence for activity and spectral diversity is presented.

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  1. Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA

    K. J. Meech

  2. European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Santiago 19, Chile

    O. R. Hainaut

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  1. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow, Russia

    Mikhail Ya. Marov

  2. Astronomical Observatory, Uppsala, Sweden

    Hans Rickman

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Meech, K.J., Hainaut, O.R. (2001). Distant Comet Observations. In: Marov, M.Y., Rickman, H. (eds) Collisional Processes in the Solar System. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 261. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0712-2_10

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