Studies of comets in the ultraviolet: The past and the future

Authors
Stern, SA
Citation
Sa. Stern, Studies of comets in the ultraviolet: The past and the future, SPACE SCI R, 90(1-2), 1999, pp. 355-361
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISSN journal
00386308 → ACNP
Volume
90
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
355 - 361
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-6308(1999)90:1-2<355:SOCITU>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The remote sensing of comets in the ultraviolet bandpass has been a valuabl e tool for studying the structure, composition, variability, and physical p rocesses at work in cometary comae. By extension, these studies of comae ha ve revealed key insights into the composition of cometary nuclei. Here we b riefly review the ultraviolet studies of comets, and then take a look towar d the future of such work as anticipated by the advent of several key new i nstruments.