Asteroids, comets, Kuiper Belt objects, meteors: the ACM (AKM) 2002 perspective

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Nov 2002

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In: Proceedings of Asteroids, Comets, Meteors - ACM 2002. International Conference, 29 July - 2 August 2002, Berlin, Germany. Ed

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An impressionistic overview is given on the state of science of Asteroider, Kometer, Meteorer (AKM), where the Swedish spelling is adopted in recognition of the origin of the ACM conference series. Asteroider (asteroids) are a field that has come of age to the point of asking sophisticated geological and geophysical questions based on dedicated spacecraft missions. Kometer (comets) are coming of age with a strong international emphasis toward new comet missions and ever increasing sophistication of Earth-based observations. K also stands for Kuiper belt objects, a field that wasn't invented when our conference series began but whose inclusion we embrace and recognize as being integral to our science. (Hence the recommendation that we adopt the moniker AKM to proclaim fully our inclusivity) KBOs are an emerging field, perhaps analogous to a fast growing child. The presently known number of KBOs is comparable to the number of known main-belt asteroids in 1900, suggesting that we are just beginning to learn about this region. Meteorer (meteors) is a rejuvenated field that has enjoyed spectacular recent successes in detailed predictions of the Leonid shower and in just recently recording the fall and recovering the Neuschwanstein meteorite. The future outlook portends the greatest advancement in K (kometer and KBOs) with broad interdisciplinary implications.

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