Cometary Science Newsletter Issue 16 July 2016 http://www.cometarysciencenews.org/ - Conference Announcements + COMETS 2016 - Reminder: Abstract and Registration are open - Refereed Journal Papers + Dust Impact Monitor (SESAME-DIM) on board Rosetta/Philae: Millimetric particle flux at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Hirn et al. + Fission and reconfiguration of bilobate comets as revealed by 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, Hirabayashi et al. + Emerging Trends and a Comet Taxonomy Based on the Volatile Chemistry Measured in Thirty Comets with High-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy Between 1997 and 2013, Dello Russo et al. -- The Cometary Science Newsletter is dedicated to sharing and furthering cometary science. CSN invites contributions from the astronomical and planetary science communities, including abstracts of papers accepted for publication in refereed journals, thesis abstracts, timely notes on particular comets, conference announcements, job announcements, or other relevant and brief scientific communications. Relevant topics include observational, theoretical, and laboratory work concerning comets, but also may include studies of associated phenomena, such as Centaurs, asteroid-comet transition objects, debris disks, and protoplanetary disks.