Icy bodies of the solar system : proceedings of the 263th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, August 3-7, 2006

Preface Overview 1. The icy planetesimals and accretion processes in the protoplanetary disk 2. Dynamical aspects of icy bodies. The Oort cloud 3. Icy satellites of the outer planets 4. Icy dwarf planets and TNOs 5. Transition objects 6. Physical processes in comets 7. Space missions to icy bodies: past, present and future Author index Object index Subject index.