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

(L’Etude Physique des Cometes, des Petites Planetes et des Meteorites)

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This report has, following the usual practice in Commission 15, been compiled primarily by the chairpersons of the two working groups. E. Tedesco prepared the entire section about Asteroids and Meteorites. H. U. Keller prepared the section about Comets using material originally prepared by E. Kührt (nuclei), H. Böhnhardt (dust), R. Schulz (neutral gas), and W.-H. Ip (plasma). M. F. A’Hearn did minor editing to merge the two reports and fit the report into the allotted space.

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Immo Appenzeller (General Secretary of the Union)

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A’Hearn, M.F. et al. (1997). Commission 15: Physical Study of Comets, Minor Planets and Meteorites. In: Appenzeller, I. (eds) Reports on Astronomy. International Council of Scientific Unions / International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 23A. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5762-9_19

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