Most comets are volatile-rich bodies that have recently entered the inner solar system
following long-term storage in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud reservoirs. These reservoirs …

The practical distinctions between asteroids and comets, viewed as products of accretion on
either side of the snow line, are less clear-cut than previously understood. In this chapter, we …

The Oort cloud is usually thought of as a collection of icy comets inhabiting the outer reaches
of the Solar system, but this picture is incomplete. We use simulations of the formation of the …