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From the Outer to the Inner Solar system: The Origin & Evolution of Comets
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The Royal Astronomical Society
Piccadilly London W1J 0BQ United KingdomDescription
Organisers: Alan Fitzsimmons (QUB); Stephen Lowry (Kent); Colin Snodgrass (OU)
Email: a.fitzsimmons@qub.ac.uk
There has been significant progress in the past 2-3 years in studies concerning the formation and evolution of comets. From the flood of new results from Rosetta, through new observations of outer solar system bodies and protoplanetary disks, to advanced dynamical and cosmochemical simulations, it is time to take stock. Is there an overall unified picture of the formation and evolution of Jupiter Family, Halley-type and Oort-Cloud comets? How do Main-Belt Comets fit into this picture? Can studies of exocomets provide insight to potential diversity in different comet populations? In this meeting we would like to identify unanswered questions, and the critical advances in observations and theory that are necessary to answer them.
Image credit: STScI/MPC/ESO/ESA
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The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), founded in 1820, encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science.