Observers prepare for Comet Kohoutek

The brilliance of the newly discovered Comet Kohoutek and its relatively early observation, nearly a year before the predicted 28 December perihelion, have stimulated astronomers to an abundance of experimental efforts. Results of the studies, which will take place from ground‐based telescopes, from airplanes, from orbiting satellites and balloons and probably from Skylab, could provide some answers to long‐standing questions about the origins of comets, the forces that operate within them and the origin of the solar system itself.