Table 1: Two types of comets as defined by Gehrz & Ney (1992) in the view of later papers.
Reference Type I Type II
Gehrz & Ney (1992): no superheat color temperature excess
  no or weak silicate feature strong silicate feature
  large dust grains small dust grains
Chernova et al. (1993): gas-rich dust-rich
  (as apparent in visual wavelength range)
  low polarization? high polarization
Levasseur-Regourd et al. (1996): low polarization high polarization
This paper: high polarization high polarization


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