Conference Proceedings Editor: Michael F. A'Hearn Department of Astronomy University of Maryland College Park MD 20742-2421 USA Tel: +1 301 405 6076 FAX: +1 301 314 9067 Email: ma@astro.umd.edu Page limitations: 25 for invited talks, 10 for contributed talks and posters Deadline for electronic paper copies: 15 July 1998 Deadline for posted paper copies: 1 August 1998 Cometary Nuclei in Space and Time May 18-22, 1998 Nanjing, China CHECKLIST FOR PAPER SUBMISSION __ Get the LaTeX template and style files from the University of Maryland. World Wide Web: http://www.ss.astro.umd.edu/IAU/colloq168/publish.shtml OR by anonymous ftp to ftp.astro.umd.edu ftp> [log in as anonymous] ftp> [use your complete email address as the password] ftp> cd pub/mfa/china/ ftp> mget * ftp> [exit] __ Prepare your paper following the instructions in the README and papsman.tex files. __ The page limit is 25 pages for invited talks and 10 pages for all others. Page limits will be strictly enforced and papers exceeding this limit will be returned to the authors for resubmission. __ Check your paper carefully. __ Include at least 5 keywords in your LaTeX file that are appropriate for your manuscript. __ Prepare any figures or illustrations at production size, if they will not be provided in EPS format. __ Check to be sure you have included an abstract. Papers without abstracts will be returned to the authors for one. __ Deposit the LaTeX copy of your manuscript along with any computer graphics in EPS format in the directory incoming/china on the node ftp.astro.umd.edu. Identify the LaTeX copy by using the last name plus the first name initial of the first author, e.g., hanischr.tex. Any EPS files should be identified in a similar way, e.g., hanischrF1.eps, hanischrF2.eps. Authors with multiple papers will need to indicate this as well, e.g., crabtreed1.tex, crabtreed1_1.eps. If you make an error during the ftp transfer, you will not be allowed to overwrite a previously written file. You must use a different filename, such as crabtreeV2.tex. __ Send an email message to the editor, ma@astro.umd.edu, stating that you have submitted your files and listing the names of the files. __ Mail 1 copy of your manuscript and any illustrations at production size to editor's address. Manuscripts must be received no later than 15 July 1998 in order to be assured publication in the Proceedings.