Pristine nature of comets as revealed by their UV spectrum
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 19 (23) , 4007-4014
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.19.004007
Abstract
The observation of the VUV spectrum of comets from rockets and satellites has brought to light some new clues on those primitive bodies that could be the link between interstellar molecules and early planetary atmospheres as well as the bridge between stellar and planetary astrophysics.Keywords
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